Vara or VARA may refer to:

Geography

Vara (river) The Vara is a river of the Province of La Spezia in Liguria, north-west Italy. Geography The river runs through Varese Ligure, Brugnato, Borghetto di Vara and Castiglione di Vara. At it is the longest river in Liguria. The main source of the r ...

, in Liguria, Italy *

Vara Parish Vara Parish was a rural municipality in Tartu County, Estonia. Settlements ;Villages: Alajõe, Tartu County, Alajõe - Ätte - Kargaja - Kauda - Keressaare - Koosa - Koosalaane - Kusma, Tartu County, Kusma - Kuusiku, Tartu County, Kuusiku - Matj ...

, former municipality in Tartu County, Estonia * Vara, Estonia, village in Peipsiääre Parish, Tartu County, Estonia *

Vara Municipality Vara Municipality (''Vara kommun'') is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Vara. The present municipality consists of 25 original local government entities (as of 1863). Between 1974 a ...

, municipality in western Sweden **

Vara, Sweden Vara is a locality and the seat of Vara Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 4,235 inhabitants in 2019. Notable landmarks include the concert hall, the artwork on the train station called ''Blue Orange'', Bengtssonska granary, and a ...

, town in Sweden * Batterie Vara, former German coastal fortress near Kristiansand, Norway, now Kristiansand Cannon Museum * Las Varas (disambiguation), several places

People with the surname

Armando Vara Armando António Martins Vara (born 27 March 1954, Vinhais) is a Portuguese politician and banking administrator. He enrolled in philosophy, at the New University of Lisbon, leaving the institution without being awarded a degree. Throughout his li ...

(born 1954), Portuguese politician *

Julián Vara Julián Vara López (born 17 November 1983) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a right midfielder. Football career Vara was born in Las Rozas de Madrid, Community of Madrid. A product of Atlético Madrid's youth academy, he spent mos ...

(born 1983), Spanish footballer *

Kathy Vara Kathy Vara is an American television news anchor in Los Angeles. Early life Vara is a native of San Antonio, Texas She began her broadcasting career at University of North Texas, where she was a producer and host of "North Texas Scene". Caree ...

, American television anchor *

Shailesh Vara Shailesh Lakhman Vara (born 4 September 1960) is a Ugandan-British politician, who served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from July to September 2022. A member of the Conservative Party, he has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) ...

, British Conservative Party politician

Films

* ''Vara'' (film), a 2013 Kannada film starring

Nidhi Subbaiah Nidhi Subbaiah (born 16 February 1987) is an Indian actress and model, who has appeared in various television advertisements and films, she is known for her performance in successful Kannada movies such as ''Pancharangi'' (2010) and ''Krishnan ...

* '' Vara: A Blessing'', a 2013 Bhutanese film by Khyentse Norbu

Other uses

*Vara, a seldom used Spanish and Portuguese unit of length **

Portuguese customary units Portuguese customary units were used in Portugal, Brazil and other parts of the Portuguese Empire until the adoption of the metric system in the 19th century. The various systems of weights and measures used in Portugal until the 19th century com ...

Spanish customary units There are a number of Spanish units of measurement of length or area that are virtually obsolete due to metrication. They include the vara, the cordel, the league and the labor. The units of area used to express the area of land are still encounte ...

*Vara, a variety of the

Central Banda language Central Banda is a dialect continuum of the Banda languages spoken by around one million people, primarily in the Central African Republic. The varieties may be mutually intelligible, especially the Mid-Southern–Gobu–Kpagua–Mono–Ngundu ...

of the Central African Republic * Vara, a variety of the

Upper Morehead language Upper Morehead, also known as Wára, is a Papuan language The Papuan languages are the non- Austronesian and non-Australian languages spoken on the western Pacific island of New Guinea in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, as well as neighbouring ...

of Papua New Guinea *Vara,

list of Greyhawk deities This is a list of deities from the Greyhawk campaign setting for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game. A Al'Akbar Al'Akbar is the Baklunish demigod of dignity, duty, faithfulness, and guardianship. His symbol is a cup and ei ...

, a fictional deity in the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' roleplaying game *

A.S.D. Fo.Ce. Vara Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Lerici Castle is an Italian association football club located in Lerici, Liguria. It currently plays in Promozione Liguria/B . History Fo.Ce. Vara 1998 The club was founded in August 1998 as ''Assoc ...

, former football club in Italy *VARA HF, a proprietary

WinLink Winlink, or formally, Winlink Global Radio Email (registered US Service Mark), also known as the Winlink 2000 Network, is a worldwide radio messaging system that uses amateur-band radio frequency, radio frequencies and government frequencies to p ...

protocol for e-mail communications over amateur radio

Acronyms

Omroepvereniging VARA The Omroepvereniging VARA (), the VARA Broadcasting Association, was a Dutch public broadcasting association primarily operating in the fields of television, radio, publishing and interactive media. It was a member of Netherlands Public Broadcas ...

, a public broadcasting organization in the Netherlands *

Visual Artists Rights Act The Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990 (VARA), ( title VI, ), is a United States law granting certain rights to artists. VARA was the first federal United States Copyright law, copyright legislation to grant protection to ''moral rights (copyright ...

, a law in the United States that protects artists' moral rights to attribution and the integrity of their work *

Virgin Australia Regional Airlines Virgin Australia Regional Airlines is an Australian regional airline based in Perth, servicing key towns in the state of Western Australia. The airline also flies interstate to destinations such as Adelaide, Darwin, Melbourne and Alice Spring ...

, is an Australian regional airline based in Perth Australia

Geography

People with the surname

Films

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Acronyms

See also