Zara may refer to:

Businesses

Zara (retailer) ZARA () is a Spanish multi-national retail clothing chain. It specialises in fast fashion, and sells clothing, accessories, shoes, beauty products and perfumes. The head office is in Arteixo, in A Coruña in Galicia. It is the largest constit ...

, a fashion retail company based in Spain *

Zara Investment Holding Zara Investment Holding Co Ltd. was founded on 10 May 1994 by Sabih al-Masri, the current chairman, and Khalil Talhouni, in addition to a number of investors and local banks and Arab and international investment companies, such as the Internationa ...

, a Jordanian holding company * Continental Hotel Zara, Budapest, Hungary

Music

* ''ZaRa'', an EP by

Merzbow is a Japanese noise project started in 1979 by , best known for a style of harsh, confrontational noise. Since 1980, Akita has released over 400 recordings and has collaborated with various artists. The name Merzbow comes from the German dada ...

* "Zara", a 2011 single by

Arty Arty may refer to: People * Arty (Queen), 8th century BC wife of Pharaoh Shebitku * Arty (musician) (born 1989), Russian record producer and DJ born Artem Stolyarov * Arty Ash, stage name of British actor Arthur Richard Dodge (1895–1954) * A nic ...

People and fictional characters

Zara (name) Zara is a feminine given name and a surname. It is a spelling variant of the Arabic female name Zahra. It is also the English form of the name Zaïre, the central character of Voltaire's 1732 play ''Zaïre (The Tragedy of Zara)'' Its popularit ...

, primarily a given name, including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname *

Zara (Turkish singer) Neşe Yılmaz (born 15 January 1976), known by her stage name Zara, is a popular Turkish folk singer and actress of Kurdish descent. She was born in Üsküdar district of Istanbul on 15 January 1976. She released eight albums using the nickname ...

, stage name of Turkish folk singer and actress Neşe Yılmaz (born 1976) *

Zara (Russian singer) Zarifa Pashaevna Mgoyan (russian: link=no, Зарифа́ Паша́евна Мгоя́н; born 26 July 1983), known as Zara (), is a Russian pop singer, actress, and social activist. She was awarded the title of Merited Artist of the Russian Fe ...

, Russian pop singer and actress Zarifa Pashaevna Mgoyan (born 1983)

Places

Province of Zara The Province of Zara ( it, Provincia di Zara) was a province of the Kingdom of Italy, officially from 1918 to 1947. In 1941 it was enlarged and made part of the Italian Governorate of Dalmatia, during World War II, until 1943. Historical backgro ...

, a province of the Kingdom of Italy from 1918 to 1947 *

Zara, Turkey Zara ( ku, Qoçgirî) is a town and a district of Sivas Province of Turkey. The mayor is Fatih Celik (MHP). The town is 70 km. (appr. 45 miles) away from Sivas downtown. History In antiquity, Zara ( grc, Ζάρα) was a town in the northern ...

, a town and district of Sivas Province *

Zadar Zadar ( , ; historically known as Zara (from Venetian and Italian: ); see also other names), is the oldest continuously inhabited Croatian city. It is situated on the Adriatic Sea, at the northwestern part of Ravni Kotari region. Zadar serv ...

, Croatia, whose Italian name is Zara

Ships

* , an Austro-Hungarian torpedo cruiser of the 19th century * USS ''Zara'' (SP-133), a patrol vessel that served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1919 * ''Zara''-class of Italian heavy cruisers ** Italian cruiser ''Zara'', a heavy cruiser that served in the Italian Navy from 1931 to 1941

Other uses

Zara (game) Zara is a game of chance that was played in the Middle Ages. It was most commonly played with three dice, although there were regional variations. Each player would throw the dice, calling out a number at the same time. If the number he called ...

, a dice game *

Zara (Milan Metro) Zara is an interchange station between Lines 3 and 5 of the Milan Metro. The station opened in 1995. It was the final stop on Line 3 until 2003, when Maciachini was opened. It was the final stop on Line 5 and its only link to the rest of the ...

, a railway station in Milan, Italy *

158 Infantry Division Zara Year 158 ( CLVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Tertullus and Sacerdos (or, less frequently, year 911 ''Ab urbe c ...

, Italian infantry division of World War II *

Zorya Zorya ( lit. "Dawn"; also many variants: Zarya, Zara, Zaranitsa, Zoryushka, etc.) is a figure in Slavic folklore, a feminine personification of dawn, possibly goddess. Depending on tradition, she may appear as a singular entity, often called "Th ...