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Geography

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Taras (ancient city) Taranto (, also ; ; nap, label=Tarantino dialect, Tarantino, Tarde; Latin: Tarentum; Old Italian: ''Tarento''; Ancient Greek: Τάρᾱς) is a coastal city in Apulia, Southern Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Taranto, serving as an ...
of Magna Graecia, modern-day Taranto *
Taras, Iran Tares ( fa, طارس, also Romanized as Ţāres and Tāras) is a village in Shahrabad Rural District, in the Central District of Firuzkuh County, Tehran Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also cal ...
, a village in Tehran province *
Taras, Łódź Voivodeship Taras is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Przedbórz, within Radomsko County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Przedbórz, east of Radomsko, and south-east of the regional capital Ł ...
, Poland *
Taraš Taraš (; hu, Tiszatarrós) is a village located in the Zrenjanin municipality, in the Central Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has a Serb ethnic majority (96.49%) and its population ...
, a village in Vojvodina, Serbia * Taras, Kazakhstan, a village in Almaty Region


People

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Taras (name) Taras ( uk, Тарас) is a male Ukrainian given name especially popular in Ukraine. In Greek mythology, Taras (Ancient Greek: Τάρας) was the eponymous founder of the Greek colony of Taras (Tarentum, modern Taranto), in Magna Graecia (toda ...
, a Ukrainian male given name *
Taras (surname) Taras is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Connor Taras (born 19??), Canadian kayaker *Jamie Taras (born 1966), Canadian football player *John Taras (1919–2004), American ballet master and choreographer *Martin Taras (1914– ...


Other uses

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Taras (mythology) In Greek mythology, Taras ( grc, Τάρας) was the eponymous founder of the Greek colony of Taras (Tarentum, modern Taranto), in Magna Graecia (today South Italy). Family Taras was the son of Poseidon and Satyrion, either a Tarentine nymph o ...
, in Greek mythology the son of Poseidon and the nymph Satyrion


See also

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Taraz Taraz ( kz, Тараз, تاراز, translit=Taraz ; known to Europeans as Talas) is a city and the administrative center of Jambyl Region in Kazakhstan, located on the Talas (river), Talas (Taraz) River in the south of the country near the borde ...
, a city in Jambyl Region, Kazakhstan {{disambiguation, geo