Tarawa (disambiguation)

Tarawa is an atoll in the Republic of Kiribati.

Tarawa may also refer to:

In military:
 * Battle of Tarawa, fought on the Tarawa atoll in World War II
 * Tarawa class amphibious assault ship, a class of ships in the US Navy
 * USS Tarawa (CV-40), a United States Navy Essex-class aircraft carrier built in 1944
 * USS Tarawa (LHA-1), a United States Navy amphibious assault ship built in 1971
 * Naval Base Tarawa US Navy 1943-1945

In geography:
 * Pacific/Tarawa, a time zone UTC+12
 * Tarawa, North Carolina, United States
 * Tarawa (Nigeria), Nigeria
 * Taroa, also known as Tarawa, an island in the Marshall Islands

Other:
 * Tarawa, an Earth Alliance aircraft carrier from the Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Television series
 * Tarawa, a piece from the soundtrack of Snow Falling on Cedars by James Newton Howard
 * Tarawa (web framework), a web application framework in Python
 * Tarawa, Hittite midwife goddesses