Mara or MARA may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Fictional characters
Mara (Doctor Who), an evil being in two Doctor Who serials Mara (She-Ra), fictional characters from the She-Ra and the Princesses of Power and The New Adventures of He-Man animated series Mara Davis/Mara David/Mara del Valle, a character from Philippine drama series Mara Clara (1992 TV series) and Mara Clara (2010 TV series) Mara Jade, in the Star Wars Expanded Universe Mara Sewell, a fictional character in The Shield Mara Wade, title character of Mara of the Wilderness Mara Forest, main player character of Crow Country
Other uses in arts and entertainment Mara the Lioness, an animal actor Mara (album), a 1995 album by Scottish band Runrig Mara (film), a 2018 American supernatural horror film starring Olga Kurylenko Maara, a 2021 Indian film by Dhilip Kumar Mara, an 1894 novel by Ioan Slavici Dance Club Mara, a formation dance team, Minsk, Belarus
Cultural and language groupings Mara (Tagin), a tribe in Arunachal Pradesh Mara language, a language spoken by the Mara people of India and Burma Mara people Maric languages, a group of Aboriginal Australian languages also known as Mara or Maran Marra language, an Aboriginal Australian language (also known as Mara) Marra people, an Aboriginal Australian people
Folklore, mythology, and religion Mara (demon), in Buddhism Mara (folklore), a wraith-like creature in Germanic and Scandinavian folklore Mara, anagram of Rama, for Valmiki to chant in Hindu mythology Marzanna or Mara, Slavic goddess Māra, Latvian goddess
Military and transport MARA (anti-tank weapon), Argentine antitank missile Mirage 5P Mara, upgraded Dassault Mirage 5 aircraft for the Argentine Air Force Shell Mara, a lake tanker operated in Lake Maracaibo by Shell Oil SS Mara, a lake tanker operated in Lake Maracaibo by Lago Oil and Transport Company
Organisations Mara (gang), a form of gang in the United States, El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala Mara Group, a multinational and multisectoral corporation with roots in East Africa Marathon Digital, an American digital asset technology firm which trades on the Nasdaq as MARA Majlis Amanah Rakyat (People's Trust Council), MARA, a Malaysian government agency Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, a Chinese central government ministry Migration Agents Registration Authority, the Australian regulator of migration agents Universiti Teknologi MARA, a public university in Malaysia
People with the name Mara (name), list of people with this name Māra (given name), a Latvian given name Mára, the stage name for American musician Faith Coloccia during solo performances Mara (singer), Russian rock singer Mara, nom de guerre of Estreya Haim Ovadya, Yugoslavian partisan
Places Including geographical features Mara (torrent), a stream of Switzerland and Italy Mara, Aragon, a municipality in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain Mara, Iran, a village in Tehran province Mara, Isfahan, a village in Iran Mara, Kerman, a village in Iran Mara, Sardinia, a commune on the Italian island of Sardinia Mara, a small town in the Bushveld of South Africa Mara, a village in Desești Commune, Maramureș County, Romania Mara, a village in Tararua District, part of Wellington Region, New Zealand Mara District, a district in the province of Cotabambas, Apurimac, Peru Mara (Iza), a river in northern Romania Mara Lake, a lake in British Columbia, Canada Mara Mountain, a mountain in Greenland, and the closest mountain to the North Pole Mara Provincial Park (Ontario), a provincial park located near Orillia, Ontario, Canada Mara Provincial Park, a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada Mara Region, an administrative division in Tanzania Mara River (Nunavut), a river in Canada Mara River, a river of Kenya and Tanzania Măra River, a river in Romania Marado or Mara Island, South Korea Masai Mara, known locally as "The Mara", a reserve in Kenya near the Mara River
Other uses Mara (mammal), a subfamily of the cavy family MaraDNS, DNS software Mandibular Anterior Repositioning Appliance, an orthodontic functional appliance
See also
Mahra (disambiguation) Marah (disambiguation) Maras (disambiguation) Marra (disambiguation) Maran (disambiguation)