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Tara

Definition: Tara

Tara

Noun

1. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin); seat of Irish kings until 6th century.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"Tara" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a star", "an elevated place".

Date "Tara" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1808. (references)

"Tara" is a common misspelling or typo for: tar, tare, taro, tarp, tart, tear, tiara.



Specialty Definitions: Tara

DomainDefinitions

Food & Agriculture

Any of various plants of the genus caesalpinia that yield tannin. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Tara

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Place names Deity names Other




Tara (Ireland)

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Tara is an ancient ruin in Meath, Ireland. It is considered one of the most mythical sites of Ireland. From the Celtic invasion till the invasion of Strongbow (1169) it was the political and spiritual center of the island.

Until Strongbow's invasion the High King of Ireland lived at Tara and ruled Ireland (though only in name).

In the nineteenth century, the Irish Member of Parliament Daniel O'Connell hosted a peaceful Home Rule political demonstration in Tara which drew 1 million people, which indicates the enduring importance of Tara.

Only ruins now remain of what once was Ireland's de facto capitol.




Tara (Polynesian)

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Tara is a beautiful sea goddess in Polynesian mythology.

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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Tara."

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Crosswords: Tara

English words defined with "Tara": tara vine. (references)
Specialty definitions using "Tara": Coronation ChairPsalter of Tara. (references)
Etymologies containing "Tara": tuatara. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Tara" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

German (tare), Indonesian (counterpart, matching), Italian (defect, discount, taint, tare), Malagasy (late), Portuguese (tare), Spanish (defect, hangup, tare), Sranan (tar), Swedish (tare).

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Modern Usage: Tara

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Willow and Tara are witches, which is so much cooler than being a slayer. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

With Zandor, their leader, and his wife, Tara, and son, Dorno, they team up to protect their planet from sinister invaders! (The Herculoids; writing credit: George Salverson)

Do you mean to tell me, Katie Scarlett O'Hara, that Tara, that land doesn't mean anything to you? Why, land is the only thing in the world worth workin' for, worth fightin' for, worth dyin' for, because it's the only thing that lasts. (Gone with the Wind; writing credit: Margaret Mitchell; Sidney Howard)

Movie/TV Titles

Hommage à Marcel Mauss: Tara Okamoto (1973)

Tara Pokì (1971)

Reportaj din Tara Bîrsei (1968)

Meghe Dhaka Tara (1960)

Tara Sasankam (1941)

Song Titles

Hold You Tight (performing artist: Tara Kemp)

Piece Of My Heart (performing artist: Tara Kemp)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Tara

DomainTitle

Books

  

Periodicals

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Tara

Photos:
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Use in Literature: Tara

TitleAuthorQuote

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

Told him the shortest way to Tara was via Holyhead.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Tara

SubjectTopicQuote

Human Rights

Nepal

On December 28, Maoists shot and killed a 23-year-old man in Tara Khola, Baglung District. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Tara

"Tara" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 91.33% of the time. "Tara" is used about 346 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)91.33%31616,245
Interjection8.67%3063,341
                    Total100.00%346N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Tara

The following table summarizes the usage of "Tara" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
TaraFirst name Female107,000203
TaraLast name13059,804
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Tara

"Tara" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a star", "an elevated place".
 
The following table summarizes names related to "Tara."
NameGenderLanguageRelated Name
TaraFemaleEnglishN/A
TaraFemaleHindu MythologyN/A
TaraFemaleIndianN/A
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expressions: Tara

Expressions using "Tara": Tara Hills tara vine. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Tara

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

tara reid

3,400

tara

971

tara reid nude

664

tara patrick

563

tara lipinski

525

tara king

235

tara willow

213

tara reid naked

201

tara monroe

142

tara reid pic

141
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Tara

Language Translations for "Tara"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

taro (cocoyam, dasheen, eddo, taro). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

taro (cocoyam, dasheen, eddo, taro), keladi (cocoyam, dasheen, eddo, taro), kales (calash, carriage, coach, cocoyam, dasheen, eddo, taro), bablah (Welster). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

taaro (cocoyam, dasheen, eddo, taro). (various references)

   

French

  

taro (taro), tara. (various references)

   

German

  

Taro (cocoyam, dasheen, eddo, taro), Tari (Welster), Kolokasie (cocoyam, dasheen, eddo, taro). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

tara (Welster), κολοκασία η εδώδιμος (cocoyam, dasheen, eddo, taro), κολοκασία η αÏχαία (cocoyam, dasheen, eddo, taro). (various references)

   

Italian

  

taro (cocoyam, dasheen, eddo, taro), tari (Welster), colocasia (cocoyam, dasheen, eddo, taro). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

多羅 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ãŸã‚‰ (cod, codfish). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

aratay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

taro (cocoyam, dasheen, eddo, taro), tara (allowance(on weight), dead weight, empty weight, tare, tare weight, unladen weight, Welster), colocásia comestível (cocoyam, dasheen, eddo, taro). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

taro (cocoyam, dasheen, eddo, taro), malanga (cocoyam, dasheen, eddo, taro), colocasia (cocoyam, dasheen, eddo, taro). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

taro (cocoyam, dasheen, eddo, Taro). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Tara

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

Colocasia antiquorum, Colocasia esculenta. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Tara

Derivations

Words beginning with "Tara": taradiddle, taradiddles, tarama, taramas, tarantas, tarantases, tarantella, tarantellas, tarantism, tarantisms, tarantula, tarantulae, tarantulas. (additional references)

Words ending with "Tara": haftara, haphtara, satara, solfatara, tantara, tuatara. (additional references)

Words containing "Tara": ataractic, ataractics, ataraxia, ataraxias, ataraxic, ataraxics, ataraxies, ataraxy, cataract, cataractous, cataracts, glutaraldehyde, glutaraldehydes, haftarah, haftarahs, haftaras, haphtaras, sataras, solfataras, tantaras, tuataras. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Tara" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Atbara, Atharva, Atora, atra, Mtara, Otira, taar, Takai, tarap, tarda, targa, Tarka, Tarra, Tawau, Tigra, Tira, Tirga, Tirpak, tjara, Tocra, Tohra, Toira, Topra, traa, Trapa, Trarza, tsara, Tzaban, Tzara. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Tara

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-r-t"

-1 letter: art, rat, tar.

-2 letters: aa, ar, at, ta.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-r-t"
 

+1 letter: altar, antra, aorta, apart, arhat, artal, atria, attar, carat, karat, rabat, ratal, ratan, reata, riata, talar, tatar, tiara.

 

+2 letters: abater, abator, aerate, altars, amrita, amtrac, antiar, antral, aortae, aortal, aortas, arhats, arista, arrant, astral, astray, atrial, attars, aurate, avatar, baryta, carate, carats, cravat, datary, datura, errata, hartal, kantar, karate, karats, lariat, latria, mantra, partan, rabato, rabats, ragtag, ramate, ratals, ratans, ratany, ratbag, rattan, reatas, riatas, satara, satrap, strata, tabard, tagrag, talars, tamari, tantra, tarama, tarmac, tarnal, tarpan, tarsal, tarsia, tartan, tartar, tarzan, tatars, tiaras, trapan, trauma, yantra.

 

+3 letters: abaters, abators, abreact, abreast, acerate, acrobat, actuary, adapter, adaptor, aerated, aerates, aerator, aerosat, airboat, airdate, alastor, amateur, amatory, amirate, amreeta, amritas, amtrack, amtracs, antbear, anthrax, antiair, antiars, anticar, antiwar, apparat, apteral, apteria, arcuate, arietta, aristae, aristas, arnatto, artisan, ashtray, asteria, astrals, astylar, ataraxy, athwart, atresia, attract, aurated, aureate, austral, autarky, avatars, aviator, awaiter, barbate, barytas, bastard, bearcat, cabaret, caltrap, cantrap, carates, caritas, cartage, catarrh, cateran, cithara, cravats, dastard, daturas, daystar, erratas, fermata, flatcar, fractal, gabbart, gardant, gastral, gastrea, gradate, granita, haftara, hardhat, hartals, hatrack, havarti, hetaera, hetaira, kantars, karates, kithara, lactary, lariats, laterad, lateral, latrias, lazaret, mantrap, mantras, maranta, marcato, marital, martial, martian, matador, matrass, narrate, natural, ostraca, parapet, parfait, partake, partans, partial, partita, partway, patamar, plantar, quadrat, quartan, rabatos, radiant, radiate, ragtags, ramenta, rampant, rampart, ratable, ratably, ratafee, ratafia, ratatat, ratbags, rattail, rattans, rattrap, readapt, regatta, regmata, rhatany, sataras, satraps, satrapy, spartan, stratal, stratas, tabards, tabaret, tabular, tagrags, talaria, tamarao, tamarau, tamarin, tamaris, tambura, tanager, tanbark, tangram, tankard, tantara, tantras, tanyard, taramas, tarmacs, tarpans, tarsals, tarsias, tartana, tartans, tartars, tarzans, taverna, teacart, teargas, teaware, tiaraed, timarau, trachea, tramcar, tramway, trangam, trapans, traumas, travail, trehala, trymata, tsarina, tuatara, tuatera, tzarina, vagrant, variant, variate, warpath, warrant, yantras.

 

+4 letters: abattoir, aberrant, abradant, abreacts, abrogate, abstract, accurate, acerated, acerbate, acervate, achromat, acierate, acrobats, acrylate, actuator, adapters, adaptors, adulator, aerating, aeration, aerators, aeronaut, aerosats, aerostat, aftertax, ageratum, agitator, agrestal, airboats, aircraft, airdates, alacrity, alarmist, alastors, aleatory, alterant, amaranth, amaretti, amaretto, amateurs, ameerate, amirates, amreetas, amtracks, animater, animator, antbears, anteater, antheral, antiarin, antidora, antirape, antisera, antiwear, apiarist, apparats, apparent, apractic, aquarist, arbalest, arbalist, arbitral, arboreta, arbutean, arcature, archaist, arcuated, areolate, arethusa, argental, argonaut, ariettas, arillate, aristate, armament, armature, arnattos, aromatic, arrantly, arrogant, arrogate, arsenate, artefact, arterial, artifact, artisans, arythmia, ashtrays, asperate, aspirant, aspirata, aspirate, asterias, asternal, astragal, astrally, ataraxia, ataraxic, atheroma, atrazine, atresias, atrophia, attacher, attacker, attainer, attracts, aubretia, aubrieta, australs, autarchy, autarkic, autocrat, aviarist, aviators, aviatrix, avigator, awaiters, aweather, azoturia, baccarat, bacteria, barathea, barbital, bareboat, barrater, barrator, barratry, bartisan, bartizan, bastards, bastardy, bearcats, betrayal, boatyard, bracteal, braggart, brantail, brassart, bregmata, cabarets, cabresta, cabretta, cadaster, cadastre, caltraps, calyptra, cantraip, cantraps, carcanet, caretake, carinate, cartable, cartages, cartload, caryatic, caryatid, castrate, castrati, castrato, cataract, catarrhs, catenary, caterans, cathedra, catnaper, caveator, cavitary, citharas, claptrap, claustra, coatrack, crabmeat, craniate, curtalax, czaritza, dastards, dataries, daystars, deaerate, diastral, dramatic, earthman, earthpea, eastward, emanator, eradiate, fermatas, flagrant, flatcars, flatware, fractals, fragrant, frittata, fumarate, gabbarts, gastraea, gastreas, gastrula, glabrate, gradated, gradates, graduate, graftage, granitas, gravitas, guaranty, guardant, haftarah, haftaras, haftarot, haftorah, hamartia, handcart, haphtara, hardhats, hardtack, hatmaker, hatracks, hatteria, havartis, hetaerae, hetaeras, hetairai, hetairas, iatrical, intarsia, intraday, kalyptra, keratoma, kitharas, lacerate, lariated, laterals, laudator, laureate, lavatory, lazarets, loadstar, macerate, malapert, maltreat, mandator, mantraps, marabout, marantas, marathon, marinate, martagon, martians, matadors, material, maternal, matronal, mattrass, maturate, megastar, narrated, narrater, narrates, narrator, natatory, naturals, notarial, palestra, palpator, parakeet, parakite, parament, parapets, paraquat, paraquet, parashot, parasite, parental, parfaits, parietal, parlante, partaken, partaker, partakes, partials, partisan, partitas, partizan, pastoral, pastrami, pastural, patamars, patellar, paternal, patronal, pattamar, phratral, placater, plastral, portapak, pratfall, preadapt, prenatal, primatal, quadrant, quadrate, quadrats, quartans, quatrain, racemate, radiants, radiated, radiates, radiator, radicate, radwaste, raftsman, raincoat, rambutan, ramparts, rapacity, ratafees, ratafias, ratanies, rataplan, ratatats, rateable, rateably, rational, ratsbane, rattails, rattraps, reactant, readapts, reattach, reattack, reattain, regattas, relaxant, rubaiyat, runagate, rutabaga, salariat, salutary, sanitary, sarmenta, sastruga, saturant, saturate, seacraft, seatrain, seawater, separate, septaria, serenata, smartass, spatular, staggard, staggart, stairway, stalwart, standard, stannary, stargaze, statuary, stearate, stramash, stravage, stravaig, strawhat, stromata, tabarded, tabarets, taffarel, taffrail, tagboard, tailrace, tamarack, tamaraos, tamaraus, tamarind, tamarins, tamarisk, tamboura, tamburas, tanagers, tanbarks, tangrams, tankards, tantaras, tanyards, tapadera, tapadero, tarantas, tarlatan, tarletan, tarnally, tarpaper, tarragon, tartanas, tartaric, tartrate, tavernas, taxpayer, teaboard, teacarts, teamaker, tearable, tearaway, teawares, teratoma, terawatt, terraria, theriaca, thoracal, thrawart, timaraus, trabeate, tracheae, tracheal, tracheas, trachoma, trackage, trackman, trackway, tractate, tradable, tragical, tragopan, trainman, trainway, tramcars, tramroad, tramways, trangams, transact, trapball, trapezia, trappean, trashman, traumata, travails, trehalas, triaxial, trimaran, tsarevna, tsarinas, tsaritza, tuataras, tuateras, tzarevna, tzarinas, tzaritza, vagrants, valerate, valuator, varactor, variants, variated, variates, varietal, veratria, vicarate, warcraft, warpaths, warrants, warranty, waterage, waterman, waterway, wheatear, wistaria, zaratite, zastruga.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Tara


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 61 72 61

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-    .-    .-.    .-

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01100001 01110010 01100001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#97 &#114 &#97

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0061 0072 0061

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

54678467

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Quotations: Fiction
7. Quotations: Non-fiction
8. Usage Frequency
9. Names: Frequency
10. Names: Derived from
11. Expressions
12. Expressions: Internet
13. Translations: Modern
14. Translations: Ancient
15. Derivations
16. Anagrams
17. Orthography
18. Bibliography


  

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