Dara (disambiguation)

Several places, people and other things have the name Dara, Daraa or Daras:

Geography

• Dara (Mesopotamia), an archeological site in Mardin province, Turkey
• Dar'a, region in northern Ethiopia
• Daraa Governorate, province of Syria
• Daraa, capital city of the above
• Dara, Greece, community in the prefecture of Arcadia
• Dara, a village in Pietroasele Commune, Buzău County, Romania
• Dara, a village in Dorolţ Commune, Satu Mare County, Romania
• Daranak, Armenia, also called Dara

People

• Dara, given name in several languages
• Dara, Nickname of 2NE1 member Sandara Park
• Dara Ó Briain (born 1972), Irish comedian and television presenter
• Dara Shikoh, eldest son of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan,
• Dara Singh, Indian actor and wrestler
• Dara Torres (born 1967), American Olympic swimming champion

Books and written media

• Dara, mother of Merlin in the The Chronicles of Amber

Other uses

• Dara, a clan of Jats in India
• Dara (Sanskrit: तारा IAST: tārā "star"), Thai word for celebrity, also the name for stars of movies, TV, and other media
• Dara Academy, school in Thailand
• Dara (game)

Acronym

The acronym DARA may stand for:

• DARA International, non-profit organization working to improve development aid and humanitarian aid
• a dopamine (DA) monoamine neurotransmitter releasing agent (RA)
• the Defence Aviation Repair Agency, executive agency of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence, responsible for maintenance and repair of the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy's aircraft
• Deutsche Agentur für Raumfahrtangelegenheiten (German Agency for Space Flight Affairs). This agency was merged into the German Aerospace Center (DLR)
• in economics, finance, and decision theory: decreasing absolute risk aversion

See also

• Darragh

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