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 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)
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📌 Arts and entertainment
===Fictional characters===
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*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 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