Māra

[ mahr-uh ]

/ ˈmɑr ə /

noun

Hindu Mythology. the god of death, sometimes seen as one aspect of a god whose other aspect is Kama, or erotic desire.

Buddhism. Satan, who tried to seduce the Buddha at the time of his Enlightenment.

Definition for mara (2 of 2)

Patagonian hare

noun

a burrowing, gray, long-eared and long-legged cavy of the genus Dolichotis, native to South America.

Also called ma·ra [muh-rah] /məˈrɑ/

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Examples from the Web for mara

Khoroshilov assisted Zan for such shows as Kaelen, The Academy or Art, Mara Hoffman, J.Crew, and Greg Lauren.
Does Fashion Week Exploit Teen Models?|Jennifer Sky|September 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The majority of the violence in Honduras is carried out by two main gangs, Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, and Barrio 18.
The Awful Facts Behind the White House's Plan to Help Honduras|Caitlin Dickson|July 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Harold and Mara remarried after nearly 30 years of living in sin, smoked a last joint together, and that was it.
The Stacks: Harold Conrad Was Many Things, But He Was Never, Ever Dull|Mark Jacobson|March 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As one story goes, Bianca Jagger, impressed, once made a plaster cast of Mara's posterior.
The Stacks: Harold Conrad Was Many Things, But He Was Never, Ever Dull|Mark Jacobson|March 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Once, when he was doing the second Ali-Spinks fight in New Orleans, Harold and Mara had an all-time argument.
The Stacks: Harold Conrad Was Many Things, But He Was Never, Ever Dull|Mark Jacobson|March 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There was a dash of bitterness in this, which was a rare ingredient in Mara's conversation.
The Pearl of Orr's Island|Harriet Beecher Stowe
Please, lady Mara, may we have some of your very dry bread before we go?
Lilith|George MacDonald
The arch-rebels, Mara and Namosimalua, were the last to be taken.
The Fijians|Basil Thomson
Mara, as he saw that day, was no longer a little girl in a pink sun-bonnet.
The Pearl of Orr's Island|Harriet Beecher Stowe
"You haven't seen any little girls ride so," said Mara, doubtfully.
The Pearl of Orr's Island|Harriet Beecher Stowe

British Dictionary definitions for mara (1 of 2)

mara¹

/ (məˈrɑː) /

noun

a harelike South American rodent, Dolichotis patagonum, inhabiting the pampas of Argentina: family Caviidae (cavies)

Word Origin for mara

from American Spanish mará, perhaps of Araucanian origin

British Dictionary definitions for mara (2 of 2)

mara²

/ (Spanish maˈra) /

noun

one of several organized criminal gangs of Central American origin also operating in the US

Word Origin for mara

C20: from Spanish: gang

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