Lara
Template:Wiktionary Lara may refer to:
People
[edit]- Lara (name), can be a given name or a surname in several languages
- Lara (mythology), a naiad nymph, daughter of the river Almo in Ovid's Fasti
Places
[edit]- Lara (state), a state in Venezuela
- Electoral district of Lara, an electoral district in Victoria, Australia
- Lara, Antalya, an urban district in Turkey
- Lara, Victoria, a township in Australia
- Lara de los Infantes, a place in Spain
- Punta Lara, a city in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
- LARA, the airport code for Jacinto Lara International Airport, in Barquisimeto, Venezuela
Art, entertainment, and media
[edit]- Lara (film), 2019 film
- Lara (character), the biological mother of the comic book character Superman
- Lara (novel), 1997 novel-in-verse by Bernardine Evaristo
- Lara & Reyes, an instrumental band
- Lara's Theme, the generic name given to a leitmotif written for the film Doctor Zhivago (1965) by composer Maurice Jarre
- Lara, A Tale (1814), a poem by Lord Byron
Natural science
[edit]- Lara (genus), a genus of beetles
- Lara, a cultivar of walnut
Sport
[edit]- Brian Lara, former West Indian cricket player
- Cardenales de Lara, a professional baseball club in Venezuela
- Unión Lara, a professional soccer club in Venezuela
Other uses
[edit]- LaRa, a spacecraft instrument on board the ExoMars 2020 platform
- Lara FS Academy
- Lara language
- Ligne Aerienne du Roi Albert (LARA), an early attempt at civil aviation in the then Belgian colony of Congo
- United States v. Lara (2004), a U.S. Supreme Court case