Mara
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A Maran Australian Aboriginal prefixing language spoken in southeastern Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.
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A Maran Australian Aboriginal prefixing language spoken in southeastern Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.
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rareA female given name from Hebrew.
Call me not Naomi, call me Mara; for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
Etymology
From Hebrew מָרָא (mara, “bitterness”), derived from Hebrew מַר (mar, “bitter”). The modern given name may also be shortened from Maria or Tamara.
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A surname from Irish.
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From O'Mara, a variant of O'Meara.
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The Hindu god of death; opposite of Kama.
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The Buddhist demon who tempts people away from enlightenment
Etymology
From Sanskrit मर (mara), from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to die”). Doublet of mortality.
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The Slavic goddess of winter and death; Marena or Marzanna.
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A member of a predominantly agricultural tribe of southern Assam and western Burma.
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A river in Tanzania and Kenya.
In the dry season, when the Mara becomes narrower and shallower, certain stretches of it become especially thick with hippos—and their dung.
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Mara · A Maran Australian Aboriginal prefixing language spoken in southeastern Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.
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