Mara

Mara or MARA may refer to:

Arts and entertainment edit

Mara (Doctor Who), an evil being in two Doctor Who serials
Mara, a fictional planet of Procyon in the Childe Cycle of Gordon R. Dickson
Mara (She-Ra), fictional characters from the She-Ra and the Princesses of Power and The New Adventures of He-Man animated series
Mara, leader of the Acoma Clan and heroine of the "Empire Trilogy" by Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts
Mara Jade, in the Star Wars Expanded Universe
Mara Sewell, a fictional character in The Shield, portrayed by Michele Hicks
Mara Sov, a fictional character in the video game Destiny
Mara Wade, title character of Mara of the Wilderness, a 1965 adventure film
Mara Dyer, title character in the Mara Dyer trilogy by Michelle Hodkin

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

MARA (anti-tank weapon), Argentine antitank missile
Mirage 5P Mara, upgraded Dassault Mirage 5 aircraft for 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

Mara (gang), a form of gang in the United States, El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala
Mara (supermarket), a Romanian supermarket chain
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

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
Mahinda Rajapaksa, 6th president of Sri Lanka
Mara (singer), Russian rock singer

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

Mara (mammal), a species of the cavy family
MaraDNS, DNS software
Mandibular Anterior Repositioning Appliance, an orthodontic functional appliance