Dara (disambiguation)

Dara is a given name in several languages.

Dara, Daraa, or DARA may also refer to:

Geography

Africa

• Dar'a, region in northern Ethiopia
• Dara (woreda), region in southern Ethiopia

Asia

• Dara (Mesopotamia), an archeological site in Mardin province, Turkey
• Dara, Iran, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
• Daraa Governorate, province of Syria
• Daraa, capital city of the Daraa Governorate

Europe

• Dara, Greece, community in Arcadia, Greece
• Dara, a village in Pietroasele Commune, Buzău County, Romania
• Dara, a village in Dorolț Commune, Satu Mare County, Romania
• Daranak, Armenia, also called Dara

Film and entertainment

• Dara (film), a 2007 Indonesian short film
  • Macabre (film), a 2009 Indonesian film based on the short film Dara
• Dara of Jasenovac a Serbian historical drama film
• Dara (game) West African strategy game

People

• Dara clan, a clan of Jats in India
• Sandara Park, South Korean singer, actress and television presenter known as Dara
• Nicoleta Dara (born Nicoleta Darabană, 1993), Moldovan pop singer known as Dara
• Dara (Bulgarian singer), Bulgarian recording artist
• Dara (wrestler) (born 1969), Japanese professional wrestler known as Kaoru

First name

• Dara Murphy (born 1969), Irish politician
• Dara Nusserwanji Khurody (1906–1983), Indian dairy entrepreneur
• Dara Ó Briain (born 1972), Irish comedian and television presenter
• Dara Reneé, (born 2000), American actress
• Dara Shikoh, eldest son of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan
• Dara Singh, Indian actor and wrestler
• Dara Torres (born 1967), American Olympic swimming champion
• Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia (1883–1969), Indian geologist
• Dara Khosrowshahi (born 1969), businessman and CEO of Uber

Family name

• Chan Dara (born 1986), Cambodian footballer
• Daoyod Dara (born 1954), Thai-Vietnamese football player
• DJ Dara (Darragh Guilfoyle), Irish drum and bass DJ in America
• Dur-e Najaf Dara (born 1945), Australian restaurateur
• Eszter Dara (born 1990), Hungarian swimmer
• Evan Dara, American novelist
• Isavella Dara, Greek and French model and beauty contestant
• Kazi Abdul Wadud Dara, Bangladeshi politician
• Olu Dara (born Charles Jones III, 1941) American cornetist, guitarist, and singer
• Sofia Dara (born 1963), Greek swimmer
• Virak Dara (born Kim Hiek, 1947), Cambodian actress

Other uses

• Dara (fish), a West African species of grunt Parakuhlia macropthalma
• Dara River (disambiguation)
• Dara Academy, a school in Thailand
• MV Dara, an ocean liner
• Decreasing absolute risk aversion

Acronyms

• DARA International, non-profit organization working to improve development aid and humanitarian aid
• Defence Aviation Repair Agency, in the United Kingdom
• Deutsche Agentur für Raumfahrtangelegenheiten, an agency that was merged into the German Aerospace Center

See also

• Darragh, Irish name
• Darius (disambiguation), English variant of the Persian "Dara"