Kara or KARA may refer to:

Geography

Localities

* Kara, Chad, a sub-prefecture * Kára, Hungary, a village * Kara, Uttar Pradesh, India, a township * Kara, Iran, a village in Lorestan Province * Kara, Republic of Dagestan, a rural locality in Dagestan, Russia * Kara, Sardauna, a village in Sardauna, Nigeria * Kara, Bougainville, a town on Bougainville Island in Papua New Guinea * Kara, Togo, a city in northern Togo ** Kara Region ** Roman Catholic Diocese of Kara, Togo * Gaya confederacy or Kara, a former confederation in the southern Korean peninsula * Kara crater, a meteorite crater in northern Russia

Rivers, Seas

* Kara (river), a river in northern Russia, flowing into the Kara Sea * Kara River (disambiguation), other rivers named Kara * Kara Lake, Bolivia * Kara Sea, a sea in the Arctic Ocean * Kara Strait, a strait in Russia

People

* Kara (name), a surname and given name, and a list of people with the name * Kara people, an ethnic group in Sudan they exceed 100,000 members * Kara people (Tanzania), an ethnic group, estimated 86,000 members * Kara language (disambiguation)

Film and television

* Kara Film Festival, a film festival held at Karachi, Pakistan * Kara (Smallville episode), "Kara" (''Smallville'' episode) * Kara (Supergirl episode), "Kara" (''Supergirl'' episode) * ''Kara'', a 2012 short CGI film, which anticipates ''Detroit: Become Human''

Music

* Kara (South Korean group), a girl group * Kara (British band), a folk music group

Other uses

* Kara (gastropod), ''Kara'' (gastropod), a genus of land snails * Kara (Sikhism), a type of a steel bracelet * KARA (FM), a radio station licensed to Williams, California, United States * KARA (New Mexico), a defunct radio station formerly licensed to Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States * Kara-class cruiser, ''Kara'' class cruiser, a Soviet warship class * Acadiana Regional Airport's ICAO code * Korea Automobile Racing Association