Tamar
Tamar may refer to:
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Personal name
- Tamar (name), a female name of Hebrew origin, now popular among various peoples
- Tamar (Bible) ("Date Palm"), married in turn to Er and then, when widowed, to his younger brother Onan; had children by their father Judah (eponymous ancestor of the Judeans and the Jews)
- Tamar, daughter of Biblical King David, sister of Absalom who took revenge for her rape by their brother Amnon
- Queen Tamar of Georgia, ruled 1184-1213
- Tamar, also known as Gürcü Hatun, daughter of Queen Rusudan of Georgia and wife of Kaykhusraw of the Seljuq dynasty
- The original form of Tamara and Tammy
- Támar is the name of a female singer who came to fame through Prince.
- Tamar Braxton, youngest sister of Toni Braxton and R&B coloratura soprano
- Her debut album
- Hilary Tamar, an androgynous legal scholar in the novels of Sarah Caudwell
- Tamar Gozansky, Israeli parliamentarian and left-wing political leader
- Tamar (goddess), a Goddess in Georgian Mythology
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Geography
- River Tamar, a river in south western England, that forms most of the border between Devon (to the east) and Cornwall (to the west)
- Tamar River (Tasmania), Australia
- Tamar, Slovenia, the end of the Planica valley
- Tamar Site, former location of the British naval headquarters of the British Forces Overseas Hong Kong, is currently paved as a parking lot at the harbourfront of Central, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
- Tamar Street near the HMS Tamar base in Central, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
- Tamar Regional Council, a local government in southern Israel
- Ir Ovot, a site identified with biblical Tamar
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Popular culture or Brands
- Tamar (novel), a children's war novel written by Mal Peet, winner of the Carnegie Medal award in 2005.
- Projeto TAMAR, Brazilian environmentalist non-profit organization.
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Science and technology
- Tamar class lifeboat - the latest type of UK slipway-launched lifeboat
- HMS Tamar, several ships and a single naval station, named after the River Tamar in South West England
- Tamar and Tamar II, former and current Torpoint Ferries
- Tamar, a GWR Caliph Class locomotive
- Tamar, palm tree, Arecaceae
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