Tara

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑːɹə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛəɹə/, /ˈtæɹə/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːɹə

Borrowed from Irish Teamhrach, genitive of Teamhair, from Old Irish Temair (literally “high place”). The female given name is derived from the name of the plantation in Gone with the Wind, named for the place in Ireland.

Tara

1. An Irish place name, associated with the Hill of Tara, seat of ancient Irish kings.
   • 1808, Thomas Moore, The Harp of Tara:

     No more to chiefs and ladies bright
     The harp of Tara swells

   1. A small settlement in County Meath, Ireland, near the Hill of Tara (Irish grid ref N 9458)
2. A female given name transferred from the place name, of 20th century and later usage.
   • 2025 March 30, Nayeli Jaramillo-Plata, “‘A huge blow’: USDA cuts threaten to throw Wisconsin’s local food supply into disarray”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Many had already taken out loans and purchased equipment in preparation for the program’s continuation, said Tara Roberts-Turner, general manager of the Wisconsin Food Hub Cooperative (WFHC), a farmer-led distribution network serving more than 400 farmers and the state’s largest food hub.

3. A male given name.
   • 1952, Janice Holt Giles, Tara's Healing:

     the story of Tara Cochrane, a war veteran, a physician, and a burned-out man who describes himself in terms of a bad cigarette

4. Some other places named Tara, all likely after the Irish hill:
   1. A community in Arran-Elderslie municipality, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.
   2. An unincorporated community in Manatee County, Florida, United States.
   3. A township in Swift County, Minnesota, United States.
   4. A township in Traverse County, Minnesota.
   5. A town in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.

• Tara Hills

• Tarah

From Sanskrit तारा (tārā, “star”).

Tara

1. (Buddhism) A female Buddha typically associated with Buddhist tantra practice as preserved in Tibetan Buddhism. She is the "mother of liberation", and represents the virtues of success in work and achievements.
2. A female given name from Sanskrit.

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Tara (plural Taras)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Tara is the 40082^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 547 individuals. Tara is most common among White (58.5%), Asian/Pacific Islander (19.38%) and Hispanic/Latino (14.44%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Tara”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Tara

1. A barangay of Bolinao, Pangasinan, Philippines.
2. A barangay of Coron, Palawan, Philippines.
3. A barangay of Sipocot, Camarines Sur, Philippines.
4. A barangay of Mabinay, Negros Oriental, Philippines.

• taar, ATRA, Arta, A.A.R.T., rata, Atar, atar

Borrowed from Italian tara, from Arabic طَرْح (ṭarḥ, “subtraction”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaːʁa/

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• Hyphenation: Ta‧ra

Tara f (genitive Tara, plural Taren)

1. (business) tare (the empty weight of a container)

   Synonyms: Taragewicht, Verpackungsgewicht

   Coordinate terms: Brutto, Netto

• Durchschnittstara, Effektivtara, Prozenttara

• austarieren
• tarieren

• Tara-Funktion, Tarasatz, Taraverordnung, Tarazuschlag

• Tara (Gewicht) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Tara” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Tara”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
• “Tara” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Tara” in Duden online

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰaːra/

  Rhymes: -aːra

Tara f (proper noun, genitive singular Töru)

1. a female given name

Tara

1. Rōmaji transcription of たら

• IPA^(key): /târa/

Tȁra f (Cyrillic spelling Та̏ра)

1. a female given name

• “Tara”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2025