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Definition: Tara |
TaraNoun1. 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. |
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Food & Agriculture | Any of various plants of the genus caesalpinia that yield tannin. Source: European Union. (references) |
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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.
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Tara is a beautiful sea goddess in Polynesian mythology.
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Crosswords: Tara |
| English words defined with "Tara": tara vine. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Tara": Coronation Chair ♦ Psalter 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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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) | |
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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Told him the shortest way to Tara was via Holyhead. |
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Human Rights | Nepal | On December 28, Maoists shot and killed a 23-year-old man in Tara Khola, Baglung District. (references) |
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| "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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 91.33% | 316 | 16,245 |
| Interjection | 8.67% | 30 | 63,341 |
| Total | 100.00% | 346 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| 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. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Tara | First name Female | 107,000 | 203 |
| Tara | Last name | 130 | 59,804 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "Tara" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a star", "an elevated place". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Tara." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Tara | Female | English | N/A |
| Tara | Female | Hindu Mythology | N/A |
| Tara | Female | Indian | N/A |
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Expressions using "Tara": Tara Hills ♦ tara vine. Additional references. | |
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| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency 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. | |
| 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 comestÃvel (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) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Colocasia antiquorum, Colocasia esculenta. (various references) |
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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) | |
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"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). | |
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. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 61 72 61 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- .- .-. .- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01100001 01110010 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T a r a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0061 0072 0061 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)54678467 |
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