Agar Agar ( or ), or agar-agar, is a jelly-like substance consisting of polysaccharides obtained from the cell walls of some species of red algae, primarily from ogonori (''Gracilaria'') and "tengusa" (''Gelidiaceae''). As found in nature, agar is ...

is a gelatinous substance with culinary and microbiological uses. Agar may also refer to :

Places

Asia

Agar, Madhya Pradesh Agar is a town with a municipal government in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is the administrative headquarters for the Agar Malwa District which was formed in 2013 from a part of Shajapur District. The town is situated along the ujja ...

, a city and municipality in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India, former capital of the Parmar Rajput kingdom ** Agar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) the Madhya Pradesh constituency centered around the town *

Agar Malwa district Agar Malwa District is a district in the state of Madhya Pradesh in India. It was carved out of Shajapur district. Its administrative headquarters are situated in the town of Agar. History It was a division during the Sindhia state (some of th ...

, Madhya Pradesh, India * Agar, Gujarat, a village and former princely state in Rewa Kantha, India * Agar, Turkmenistan, a town

Elsewhere

Agar, South Dakota Agar (; ) is a small town in Sully County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 76 as of the 2010 census. Agar is a farm/ranch service center. History Agar was laid out in 1910, and named in honor of Charles H. Agar, a county officia ...

, a US town *

Agar Town Agar Town (also known as Ague Town, Hagar Town, Agar-Town and Agar-town) was a short-lived relatively tiny area of St Pancras, London, St Pancras in central London. It is now the site of St Pancras railway station. History The area was named af ...

, a short-lived area in central London *

Agar's Island, Bermuda Agar's Island is an island of Bermuda. Located in the Great Sound, near to the shore of the parish of Pembroke, it was owned by billionaire James Martin, and was historically a secret munitions store, part of the Bermuda Garrison of the Britis ...

People

* Agar (name), a given name and a family name, including a list of persons with the name *

Hagar Hagar, of uncertain origin; ar, هَاجَر, Hājar; grc, Ἁγάρ, Hagár; la, Agar is a biblical woman. According to the Book of Genesis, she was an Egyptian slave, a handmaiden of Sarah (then known as ''Sarai''), whom Sarah gave to he ...

, a Biblical character, sometimes spelled as Agar

Plants and animals

* Agar (dog) or Magyar agár, a dog breed *

Agarwood Agarwood, aloeswood, eaglewood or gharuwood is a fragrant dark resinous wood used in incense, perfume, and small carvings. This resinous wood is most commonly referred to as "Oud" or "Oudh". It is formed in the heartwood of aquilaria trees when ...

, a fragrant wood used in perfumery

Other uses

Agar gun The Agar gun (or Ager) was an early rapid fire machine gun developed during the US Civil War. The weapon was nicknamed the Coffee Mill Gun, and was also called the Union Repeating Gun. History During the Civil War, inventors were encouraged to ...

, an early type of machine gun *

Agar.io ''Agar.io'' is a Massively multiplayer online game, massively multiplayer online action game created by Brazilian developer Matheus Valadares. Players control one or more circular Cell (biology), cells in a map representing a Petri dish. The goa ...

, a massively multiplayer online game featuring cellular blobs * Agar, a dialect of the

Dinka language Dinka (natively , or simply ) is a Nilotic dialect cluster spoken by the Dinka people, the major ethnic group of South Sudan. There are several main varieties, Padang, Rek, Agaar, Bor, Hol, Twic East, Twic, which are distinct enough (though m ...

of South Sudan *

Ulawa Airport Ulawa Airport is an airport in Arona on Ulawa Island in the Solomon Islands Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and north-west of ...

, Solomon Islands (ICAO code) * libAgar, is a cross-platform