Cara or CARA may refer to:

Places

* Čara, a village on the island of Korčula, Croatia * Cara, a village in Cojocna Commune, Cluj County, Romania * Cara Island, off the west coast of Argyll, Scotland * Cara Paraná River, Colombia *

Cara Sucia River Cara Sucia River is a river of El Salvador. It arises in the foothills of the El Imposible National Park and flows westward through the area of Cara Sucia in the Ahuachapán Department region to a bay near El Zapote EL, El or el may refer to: ...

, El Salvador * Monte Cara, a mountain in the Republic of Cape Verde * Mount Cara, a peak in Antarctica

People

* Cara (given name), a given name for females *Surname: * Alessia Cara, Canadian singer *

Ana Cara Ana C. Cara is an Argentine creolist, translator, and Professor of Hispanic Studies at Oberlin College. She graduated from Middlebury College with a Bachelor of Arts in 1972, from University of Pennsylvania with a Master of Arts in Folklore and Fo ...

, Argentine creolist, translator, and professor * Jean-Paul Cara (born 1948), a French singer and composer * Dominic "Mac" Anthony Cara (1914–1993), an American football end *

Gaetano Cara A forged Sardinian idols by Gaetano Cara Gaetano Cara (1803 – 1877) was an Italian archaeologist and naturalist primarily interested in ornithology. He practiced forgery and selling forged idols to many European museums. Gaetano Cara was Direc ...

(1803–1877), Italian archaeologist and naturalist primarily interested in ornithology * Irene Cara (1959–2022), American singer and actress * Marchetto Cara (c. 1470 – c. 1520), Italian composer of the Renaissance * Nafissa Sid Cara (or Nafissa Sidkara; 1910–2002), a French politician * Sin Cara, ring name of Mexican-American professional wrestler Jorge Arriaga * Sin Cara, a former ring name of Mexican professional wrestler Luis Ignacio Urive Alvirde, better known by the ring name Místico * Cara, an Albanian family name

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

*Cara Diana Hunter, protagonist of ''

The Unicorn Chronicles The Unicorn Chronicles is a series of young adult fantasy novels by Bruce Coville set in a fantasy world, Luster, that lies parallel to our own. Within this realm exist all sorts of fantastical and mythological beasts, from the familiar unicorn ...

'' * Cara (''Sword of Truth''), a character in Terry Goodkind's ''Sword of Truth'' series * Cara, a character in the OEL manga '' Next Exit''

Other arts, entertainment, and media

* Chicano Art: Resistance and Affirmation, an influential Chicano art exhibition that toured in the 1990s * Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award, an award given by the Contemporary A Cappella Society

Brands and enterprises

* Cara Operations, a franchise which owns restaurant chains

Organizations

* CARA Brazzaville, a football club in the Republic of the Congo * Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, a Catholic social science research center located at Georgetown University. *Center of Administration of the Anosy Region, an NGO working for sustainable development in Tôlanaro, Madagascar * Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA), an organization within the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India *

Classification and Rating Administration The Motion Picture Association film rating system is used in the United States and its territories to rate a motion picture's suitability for certain audiences based on its content. The system and the ratings applied to individual motion pictures ...

, a division of the Motion Picture Association that administers the MPA film rating system *

Compassion and Responsibility for Animals Compassion and Responsibility for Animals (CARA) is a registered non-profit, non-government animal welfare organization in the Philippines. It was founded in 2000 by a group of animal lovers determined to help the plight of animals in the Phili ...

, a non-profit animal welfare group in the Philippines *

Council for At-Risk Academics The Council for At-Risk Academics (CARA) is a charitable British organisation dedicated to assisting academics in immediate danger, those forced into exile, and many who choose to remain in their home countries despite the serious risks they face ...

, previously Council for Assisting Refugee Academics, a charitable organization

Other uses

* ''Cara'', a synonym for '' Anadara'', a genus of molluscs * Cara (horse) (1836–1857), British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare * Cara cara navel, a type of orange * Cara culture, an Andean civilization * Cara Cup, an international professional rugby union tournament *

Cara language Cara (Chara, Fachara), also called Teriya after the village it is spoken in, is a small Plateau language of central Nigeria. Cara is spoken by about 3,000 people in Teriya village, Bassa, Plateau State, Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjí ...

, a small Plateau language of Nigeria *

Combined altitude radar altimeter A radar altimeter (RA), also called a radio altimeter (RALT), electronic altimeter, reflection altimeter, or low-range radio altimeter (LRRA), measures altitude above the terrain presently beneath an aircraft or spacecraft by timing how long it t ...

, a radar altimeter with both analog and digital displays *

Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) The Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) was signed into law by President Obama on July 22, 2016. The bill was introduced by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and Representative Jim Sensenbrenner as the first major federal addiction act in 40 y ...

, a piece of US federal legislation enacted to fight addiction * Constant absolute risk aversion, a term in Economics referring to a property of the exponential utility function