Zara
Encyclopedia
Places
- Zara, Turkey, district in the TurkishTurkeyTurkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
provinceProvinces of TurkeyTurkey is divided into 81 provinces, called il in Turkish .A province is administered by an appointed governor , and was formerly termed a "governorate" ....
of Sivas ProvinceSivas ProvinceThe Sivas Province is a province of Turkey. It located at the eastern part of the Central Anatolian region of Turkey; it is the second largest province in Turkey. Its adjacent provinces are Yozgat to the west, Kayseri to the southwest, Kahramanmaraş to the south, Malatya to the southeast, Erzincan...
(its official name since 13th century) - Zara, Italian, Venetian, German and Hungarian name of the Adriatic port city of ZadarZadarZadar is a city in Croatia on the Adriatic Sea. It is the centre of Zadar county and the wider northern Dalmatian region. Population of the city is 75,082 citizens...
(and its official name from the 15th to the 20th century), former capital of Dalmatia, today in Croatia - Zara, TibetZara, TibetZara is a village in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.-See also:*List of towns and villages in Tibet...
, village in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China - Zara (Milan Metro)Zara (Milan Metro)Zara is a station of Line 3 of Milan Metro, whose inauguration took place in 1995, five years after the opening of the original trunk of the line to the public...
, underground station in Milan
Female people
- Zara (Turkish singer)Zara (Turkish singer)Zara is a popular Turkish folk singer and actress of Kurdish origin....
(born 1976), Turkish folk music singer - Zara (Russian singer) (born 1983), Russian pop singer and actress
- Zara AldanaZara AldanaZephorah "Zara" Aldana Mayon also known as Zara Aldana is a Filipina celebrity. Aldana is a former Mutya ng Pilipinas -Asia Pacific title holder, winning the title in 2007.-Career:...
(born1989) , Filipina celebrity - Zara BateZara BateDame Zara Kate Bate DBE was an Australian fashion designer and wife of the Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt....
(1909–1989), Australian fashion designer, wife of Harold Holt - Zara CullyZara CullyZara Cully Brown who adopted the stage name Zara Cully was an American character actress, known for her portrayal of the irascible Olivia 'Mother' Jefferson on the popular long-running CBS Television sitcom The Jeffersons.-Early life and career:Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, on January 26, 1892...
(1892–1978), American actress - Zara Salim DavidsonZara Salim Davidsonstyle="float:right;"|Tuanku Zara Salim is the wife of the Raja Muda of Perak, Raja Dr Nazrin Shah. Upon her marriage on 17 May 2007, she became the Raja Puan Besar of Perak....
(born 1976), a member of the Malaysian royalty. - Zara DavisZara DavisZara Davis is an English windsurfer. She holds the World Women’s Nautical Mile speed record for a sailing vessel...
(born 1966), English windsurfer - Zara DawsonZara DawsonZara Dawson is an English actress and television presenter.-Career:Her most high-profile television roles to date include Down to Earth , Holby City, Doctors, Mike Bassett: Manager and Family Affairs, in which she played Eve O'...
(born 1983), English actress and television presenter - Zara DolukhanovaZara DolukhanovaZara Dolukhanova was an Armenian mezzo-soprano who achieved fame performing on many lauded radio broadcasts of operas and works from the concert repertoire during the 1940s through the 1960s...
(1918–2007), Armenian mezzo-soprano singer - Zara DurraniZara DurraniZara Durrani is a Pakistani-Canadian actress and model. She was born and grew up in Pakistan, and later moved to Canada. After having learned the English language from old Hollywood movies, she appeared in many commercials and some films and in Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park...
, Pakistani-Canadian actress and model - Zara GloverZara GloverZara Giles , is one of England's and the worlds leading Ten-pin bowlers. She is a world champion bowler and a bowling tutor for Brunswick Bowling Academies across Europe. She currently lives in Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire...
(born 1982), English ten-pin bowler - Zara Hore-Ruthven, Countess of Gowrie (1879–1965), Irish-born wife of the Earl of Gowrie, Governor-General of Australia
- Zara LarssonZara LarssonZara Larsson is a Swedish singer. She was a contestant on the TV4 talent show Talang 2008, the Swedish version of Britain's Got Talent, which she finally won.She has her own website which is www.zaralarsson.com which has videos of her.She lives with her mum,dad and her 1 sister.-Biography:Zara...
(born 1997), Swedish singer - Zara LevinaZara LevinaZara Aleksandrovna Levina , February 5, 1906 – Moscow, June 27, 1976) was a pianist and composer. She was from a Jewish family. Zara Levina studied piano in the Odessa Conservatory, which she passed with a gold metal...
(1906–1976), Ukrainain pianist and composer - Zara MartinZara MartinZara Martin is a TV presenter, actress and model based in London.After graduating from University College London with a degree in Economics and Business with Eastern European Studies, she moved to Los Angeles where she trained with director Jack Garfein. There she worked for various production...
, British television presenter - Zara MintsZara MintsZara Grigoryevna Mints was a Slavic literary scientist active in the University of Tartu. She was the wife of Juri Lotman.Zara Mints was born in Pskov, but the family soon moved to Leningrad...
(1927–1990), Russian-Estonian literary scientist, wife of Yuri Lotman - Zara NelsovaZara NelsovaZara Nelsova was a prominent cellist.She was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, to parents of Russian descent, and first performed at the age of five in Winnipeg...
(1918–2002), Canadian cellist - Zara NorthoverZara NorthoverZara Northover is a Jamaican shot putter. Northover has dual citizenship in the United States and Jamaica, and competed for Jamaica at the 2008 Summer Olympics....
(born 1984), Jamaican shot putter - Zara NutleyZara NutleyZara Nutley is a British television actress born in New Zealand, well-known for playing the role of Ms. Dolores Courtney, the college principal in the comedy series Mind Your Language and Aunt Eleanor in the comedy series Never the Twain. She also played the role of Mrs...
, British television actress - Zara PhillipsZara PhillipsZara Anne Elizabeth Phillips, MBE is the second child and only daughter of Princess Anne and her first husband Captain Mark Phillips and is 13th in the line of succession to the throne...
(born 1981), daughter of Princess Anne of the United Kingdom - Zara SheikhZara SheikhZara Sheikh is a Pakistani model, actress and singer. She began her career through an ad campaign for Mobilink Jazz, working as a full-time model before making her debut on the cinema-screen....
(born 1982), Pakistani model and Lollywood actress - Zara TurnerZara Turner-Acting career:Turner appeared alongside Gwyneth Paltrow and John Hannah in the 1998 romantic drama film Sliding Doors and as Dr Angela Moloney again with John Hannah in the television series McCallum from 1995–1998....
(born ca. 1968), British actress - Zara WallaceZara WallaceZara Wallace is an American author and editor. She is the author of A look at est in education and editor of -Publications:...
(born 1939), American author and editor - Zara WhitesZara WhitesZara Whites is a Dutch former pornographic actress.In 1989 she moved to Italy, performing as a ragazza cin cin . She was also photographed for magazines such as Playboy and Penthouse and appeared in a Hustler magazine layout in April 1991...
(born 1968), Dutch television personality, activist and former pornographic actress - Zara WrightZara WrightZara Wright was an American Black author based in Chicago. Her only known published works are Black and White Tangled Threads and its sequel Kenneth, which were both published in 1920....
(active 1920), American author based in Chicago
Male people
- Zara YaqobZara YaqobZar'a Ya`qob or Zera Yacob was of Ethiopia , and a member of the Solomonic dynasty...
(1399–1468), Emperor of Ethiopia (1434–1468) - Alberto Da ZaraAlberto Da ZaraAlberto Da Zara was one of the most notable admirals of the Italian Regia Marina. He joined it in 1907 and fought aboard battleships in the Italo-Turkish War and the First World War. In the inter-war years he alternated between commanding torpedo boats and cruisers and acting as a naval commander...
(1889-1951), Italian admiral - Bert ZaraBert ZaraBert Zara was an Australian rugby league player for the Eastern Suburbs club in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership competition.-Point scoring summary:-Matches played:...
(active 1969–1975), Australian rugby league player
Ships
- ZaraItalian cruiser ZaraZara was an Italian Zara class heavy cruiser, which served in the Regia Marina during World War II. The cruiser was named after the Adriatic city of Zara ....
, a heavy cruiser that served in the Italian Navy from 1931 to 1941 - The Zara classZara class cruiserThe Zara class was an Italian heavy cruiser design of the Regia Marina from the early 1930s, considered by many to be one of the best cruiser designs of World War II...
of Italian heavy cruisers - USS Zara (SP-133)USS Zara (SP-133)USS Zara was an armed yacht that served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1919.Zara was a steam yacht built in 1891 in the United Kingdom by Fleming and Ferguson at Paisley, Scotland. Originally named Solgar, she had been renamed by the time the U.S. Navy purchased her from Mr. David H...
, a patrol vessel that served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1919
Other
- Zara (retailer), Spanish clothing and accessories retailer
- 158 Infantry Division Zara158 Infantry Division ZaraThe 158 Infantry Division Zara was a regular Infantry Division of the Italian Army during World War II. The Zara Division formed in March 1942, was a Garrison division stationed on the Dalmatian coast. It surrendered to the Germans after the Italian surrender to the Allies in September 1943....
, Italian infantry division of World War II - Continental Hotel ZaraContinental Hotel ZaraThe Continental Hotel Zara is a hotel in Budapest, Hungary. The hotel is located on the corner of Nyár and Dohány streets, near the old Jewish quarter and the Klauzál Square market.- History :...
, hotel in Budapest - ZaRaZaRaZaRa is a 10" EP by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. This is his second release for the label after Dead Leaves. It is limited to 290 copies and comes in a silkscreened cover with a postcard and sticker...
, EP by Merzbow - Zara spookZara spookZara Spook 9260 is a topwater type fishing lure. The lure is cast out and retrieved in a "walk the dog" fashion . It is supposed to mimic an injured fish and comes in many different fashions but the most prominent is the minnow type...
, fishing lure