Tamar
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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
- Tamar (David's daughter), daughter of Biblical King David
- A daughter of Absalom; mother of Maachah
- 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
- Tamar (album), her debut album
- Hilary Tamar, a legal scholar whose gender is concealed from the reader in the novels of Sarah Caudwell
- Tamar Gozansky, Israeli parliamentarian and left-wing political leader
- Tamar Kaprelian, an Armenian musician and singer who won the OneRepublic Apologize Cover Contest in March 2008
- 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 and Cornwall
- Tamar, a district of Leigh in South Lancashire
- 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
- Tamar Street near the HMS Tamar (shore station) base in Central, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
- Tamar Regional Council, a local government in southern Israel
- Tamar is a hydrocarbon prospect off the coast of Israel, currently (winter 2008-9) undergoing evaluation.
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Popular culture or Brands
- Tamar (novel), a children's war novel by Mal Peet
- 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 naval station, named after the River Tamar in South West England
- Tamar and Tamar II, former and current Torpoint Ferry vessels
- Tamar, a GWR Caliph Class locomotive
- Tamar palm tree, Arecaceae
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