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    Tara
    noun
    a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings Hill of Tara.
  • tara
    tara
    noun
    another name for white-fronted tern

Tara

American  
[tar-uh] / ˈtær ə /

noun

  1. a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings Hill of Tara.


Tara 1 British  
/ ˈtærə, ˈtɑːrə /

noun

  1. a village in Co Meath near Dublin, by the Hill of Tara , the historic seat of the ancient Irish kings

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

tara 2 British  
/ ˈtɑːrɑː /

noun

  1. another name for white-fronted tern

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of tara

Māori

Example Sentences

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From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2026

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From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2026

The group is in fact led by singer and guitarist Tara Clerkin, and she’s joined by two others—Sunny Joe Paradisos on drums and Patrick Benjamin on keyboards.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Supported by the Tara Foundation and other partners, the expedition will gather new samples and explore why some reef-building corals are more resilient to climate change.

From Science Daily • May 8, 2026

"Show them what the Das family can do, Sunny," Tara says above her.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

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