Tartar

Tartar may refer to:

Places

 * Tartar (river), a river in Azerbaijan
 * Tartar, Switzerland, a village in the Grisons
 * Tərtər, capital of Tartar District, Azerbaijan
 * Tartar District, Azerbaijan
 * Tartar Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

People and languages

 * Tartar, someone from Tartary, the historical central Asian region populated by Manchus, Mongols, Turks, and others
 * Tatars, a Turkic ethnic group native to present-day Russia and Ukraine
 * Tatar language

Chemicals

 * Potassium bitartrate, also called cream of tartar
 * Tartaric acid, commonly mixed with sodium bicarbonate and sold as baking powder

Food

 * Steak tartare, a meat dish made from raw ground (minced) beef or horsemeat
 * Tartar sauce, a condiment primarily composed of mayonnaise and finely chopped capers
 * Cream of Tartar, the culinary name for potassium bitartrate, a dry, powdery, acidic byproduct of fermenting grapes into wine

Military

 * Tartar (1813 privateer), an American privateer schooner during the War of 1812
 * HMS Tartar, the name of several Royal Navy Vessels
 * RIM-24 Tartar, a missile
 * Tartar Guided Missile Fire Control System

Transportation

 * Tartar, a GWR Iron Duke Class locomotive built 1848
 * Tartar, a GWR 3031 Class locomotive built 1895

Other uses

 * Tartar (horse), a racehorse
 * Commander Tartar, the antagonist of the Splatoon 2 Octo Expansion
 * Dental tartar or calculus, hardened dental plaque
 * Tartar Sauce, a swear word for SpongeBob SquarePants
 * Wayne State Tartars, now called the Warriors
 * Tartarus, in Greek mythology, a place in the underworld
 * Tartarium, a middle age expensive fabric also known as Cloth of Tars