Lara may refer to:

People

Lara (name) Lara is a feminine given name or a surname in several languages. It can be used as a short form of the name Larissa (name), Larissa. It was popularized in the Anglosphere by a character in the 1965 film ''Dr. Zhivago (film), Dr. Zhivago''. Larund ...

, can be a given name or a surname in several languages * Lara (mythology), a naiad nymph, daughter of the river Almo in Ovid's ''Fasti''

Places

Lara (state) Lara State (, ) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela, states of Venezuela. Lara is located in the Central-Western Region, Venezuela. The state capital is Barquisimeto. Lara State covers a total surface area of and, in 2015, had a census populat ...

, a state in Venezuela * Electoral district of Lara, an electoral district in Victoria, Australia * Lara, Antalya, an urban district in Turkey * Lara, Victoria, a township in Australia ** Lara railway station * Lara de los Infantes, a place in Spain * Punta Lara, a city in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina *LARA, the airport code for Jacinto Lara International Airport, in Barquisimeto, Venezuela

Art, entertainment, and media

* ''Lara'' (film), 2019 film *

Lara (character) Lara (née Lara Lor-Van) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, Lara first appeared in the ''Superman'' newspaper comic strip in 1939. Lara is th ...

, the biological mother of the comic book character Superman *

Lara (novel) ''Lara'' is a semi-autobiographical Verse novel, novel-in-verse written by Bernardine Evaristo. It was originally published in 1997 by Angela Royal Publishing and won the Ethnic Multicultural Media Academy, EMMA Best Book Award in 1999. Drawing o ...

, 1997 novel-in-verse by Bernardine Evaristo *

Lara & Reyes Lara & Reyes is an instrumental group founded by Sergio Lara and Joe Reyes in 1989. It performed flamenco-influenced Latin guitar instrumental pieces. Their first album '' Two Guitars - One Passion'' released in 1992 under Talking Taco Records ...

, an instrumental band * '' Lara's Theme'', the generic name given to a leitmotif written for the film ''Doctor Zhivago'' (1965) by composer Maurice Jarre * '' Lara, A Tale'' (1814), a poem by Lord Byron

Natural science

* ''Lara'' (genus), a genus of beetles * Lara, a cultivar of

walnut A walnut is the edible seed of any tree of the genus '' Juglans'' (family Juglandaceae), particularly the Persian or English walnut, '' Juglans regia''. They are accessory fruit because the outer covering of the fruit is technically an i ...

Sport

Brian Lara Brian Charles Lara, (born 2 May 1969) is a Trinidadian former international cricketer, widely renowned as one of the greatest Batting (cricket), batsmen of all time. He holds several cricketing records, including the record for the highest in ...

, former West Indian cricket player * Cardenales de Lara, a professional baseball club in Venezuela * Unión Lara, a professional soccer club in Venezuela

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