Tara
noun
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings Hill of Tara.
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Tara
American
[tar-uh]
/ ˈtær ə /
noun
Tara
1
British
/ ˈtærə, ˈtɑːrə /
noun
tara
2
British
/ ˈtɑːrɑː /
noun
Etymology
Origin of tara
Māori
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Noth recently revealed that his son, Orion, whom he shares with wife, Tara Wilson, is heading off to college.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
The basic Five Star service comes with Admirals Club access, but Tara dropped me off at the swankier Flagship lounge because it wasn’t busy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Not unlike the bestselling memoir “Educated” by Tara Westover, who overcomes an abusive childhood in a rural survivalist Mormon family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Tara Humphrey, a primary care leadership consultant, advocates keeping her out-of-office on for her first day back.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Tara says the last time she saw Megan was on Friday afternoon at their Pilates class.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
In July, Daily Harvest posted on its website that it had identified tara flour, a plant-based ingredient that’s high in protein, as the cause.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 28, 2022
The crumbles were the first and only time tara flour was used by Daily Harvest, which has more than 140 items, Drori wrote.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 28, 2022
Five weeks after the recall, Daily Harvest told customers that they had been sickened by an ingredient called tara flour, made from the seed of a tree native to Peru.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2022
Vegan meal-kit company Daily Harvest has identified tara flour as the cause of a mystery illness that befell hundreds of consumers from April through June.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 20, 2022
Tara, tara, tara! it sang, and right into the middle of the Fairground drove a great tally-ho coach, with pretty young ladies and fine young gentlemen riding on top of it.
From The Irish Twins by Lucy Fitch Perkins
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