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Tarane Tarane ( ar, طاران) is a Lebanese Sunni Islam in Lebanon, Sunni Muslim village, located in the Miniyeh-Danniyeh District. It had 1,593 eligible voters in the 2009 elections. History In 1838, Eli Smith noted the village as ''Taran'', w ...

, village in northern Lebanon * Taran, Bulgaria, a village in

Smolyan Smolyan ( bg, Смолян) List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, is a town and ski resort in the south of Bulgaria near the border with Greece. It is the administrative and industrial centre of the homonymous Smolyan Province. The town is built ...

municipality * Taran, Iran (disambiguation), several places in Iran * Taran District, the name of a district of Kazakhstan; also, the capital of Taran District * Taran Plateau, Antarctica

People

Taran (name) Taran (also Țăran) is both a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Taran of the Picts, a 7th-century king of the Picts * Taran Adarsh (born 1965), Indian film critic * Taran Alvelo (born 1996), female Americ ...

, includes people with the given name and surname

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* ''Taran'', Russian term for aerial ramming in wartime * A Welsh god, associated with the Gaulish

Taranis In Celtic mythology, Taranis (Proto-Celtic: *''Toranos'', earlier ''*Tonaros''; Latin: Taranus, earlier Tanarus) is the god of thunder, who was worshipped primarily in Gaul, Hispania, Britain, and Ireland, but also in the Rhineland and Danube r ...

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Rutilus heckelii ''Rutilus heckelii'' is a species of roach, a genus in the family Cyprinidae. This species occurs in freshened areas of Black and Azov Seas, entering the Don, Kuban, Dniepr, Dniestr and rarely Danube drainages. Newer research however suggests th ...

'' or ''taran'', a species of fish commonly known as roaches *

Taran (character) Taran is a fictional character from Lloyd Alexander's '' The Chronicles of Prydain'' series of novels. Serving as the series's central protagonist, he is first introduced as the assistant pig-keeper at Caer Dallben charged with the care of Hen ...

, the main character in ''The Chronicles of Prydain'' books ** The character appears in Disney's adaptation, '' The Black Cauldron'' * SU-152 "Taran", a 1965 experimental Russian tank destroyer

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