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Māra

[ mahr-uh ]

/ ˈmɑr ə /

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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.

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How to use Māra in a sentence

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
A sterling cast led by Johnny Depp, Morgan Freeman, Rebecca Hall, Kate Mara, and Paul Bettany.
How ‘Transcendence’ Director Wally Pfister Became Christopher Nolan’s Secret Weapon|Andrew Romano|April 17, 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
Madame Mara, the celebrated vocalist, took leave of the English stage.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Conna-mara, in the west of Ireland, properly spelled Cuan na mara, means "bays of the sea."
Notes and Queries, Number 178, March 26, 1853|Various
It endeavoured to smother sleepers like the Scandinavian hag Mara, and similarly deprived them of power to move.
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria|Donald A. Mackenzie
The candle came floating toward us through the dark, and in a few moments Adam and Eve and Mara were with us.
Lilith|George MacDonald
Adam and Eve stood before me the angels of the resurrection, and Mara was the Magdalene with them at the sepulchre.
Lilith|George MacDonald

British Dictionary definitions for Māra (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 Māra (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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