Dara (disambiguation)

Dara is a given name in several languages.

Dara, Daraa, or DARA may also refer to:

Africa

 * Dar'a, region in northern Ethiopia
 * Dara (woreda), region in southern Ethiopia

Asia

 * Dara (Mesopotamia), an archeological site in Mardin province, Turkey
 * Dara, Iran, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
 * Daraa Governorate, province of Syria
 * Daraa, capital city of the Daraa Governorate

Europe

 * Dara, Greece, community in Arcadia, Greece
 * Dara, a village in Pietroasele Commune, Buzău County, Romania
 * Dara, a village in Dorolț Commune, Satu Mare County, Romania
 * Daranak, Armenia, also called Dara

Film and entertainment

 * Dara (film), a 2007 Indonesian short film
 * Macabre (film), a 2009 Indonesian film based on the short film Dara
 * Dara of Jasenovac a Serbian historical drama film
 * Dara (game) West African strategy game

People

 * Dara clan, a clan of Jats in India
 * Sandara Park, South Korean singer, actress and television presenter known as Dara
 * Nicoleta Dara (born Nicoleta Darabană, 1993), Moldovan pop singer known as Dara
 * Dara (Bulgarian singer), Bulgarian recording artist
 * Dara (wrestler) (born 1969), Japanese professional wrestler known as Kaoru

First name

 * Dara Murphy (born 1969), Irish politician
 * Dara Nusserwanji Khurody (1906–1983), Indian dairy entrepreneur
 * Dara Ó Briain (born 1972), Irish comedian and television presenter
 * Dara Reneé, (born 2000), American actress
 * Dara Shikoh, eldest son of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan
 * Dara Singh, Indian actor and wrestler
 * Dara Torres (born 1967), American Olympic swimming champion
 * Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia (1883–1969), Indian geologist
 * Dara Khosrowshahi (born 1969), businessman and CEO of Uber

Family name

 * Chan Dara (born 1986), Cambodian footballer
 * Daoyod Dara (born 1954), Thai-Vietnamese football player
 * DJ Dara (Darragh Guilfoyle), Irish drum and bass DJ in America
 * Dur-e Najaf Dara (born 1945), Australian restaurateur
 * Eszter Dara (born 1990), Hungarian swimmer
 * Evan Dara, American novelist
 * Isavella Dara, Greek and French model and beauty contestant
 * Kazi Abdul Wadud Dara, Bangladeshi politician
 * Olu Dara (born Charles Jones III, 1941) American cornetist, guitarist, and singer
 * Sofia Dara (born 1963), Greek swimmer
 * Virak Dara (born Kim Hiek, 1947), Cambodian actress

Other uses

 * Dara (fish), a West African species of grunt Parakuhlia macropthalma
 * Dara River (disambiguation)
 * Dara Academy, a school in Thailand
 * MV Dara, an ocean liner
 * Decreasing absolute risk aversion

Acronyms

 * DARA International, non-profit organization working to improve development aid and humanitarian aid
 * Defence Aviation Repair Agency, in the United Kingdom
 * Deutsche Agentur für Raumfahrtangelegenheiten, an agency that was merged into the German Aerospace Center