Taras may refer to:
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
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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
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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 ...
, Poland
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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 n ...
, a village in Vojvodina, Serbia
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Taras, Kazakhstan, a village in Almaty Region
People
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Taras (name)
Taras ( uk, Тарас) is a male Ukrainians, Ukrainian given name especially popular in Ukraine. In Greek mythology, Taras (Ancient Greek: Τάρας) was the eponymous founder of the ancient Greece, Greek colony of Taras (Tarentum, modern Tara ...
, a Ukrainian male given name
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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
John Taras (April 18, 1919 – April 2, 2004) was an American ballet ma ...
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 ...
, 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
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