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Mara

The word Mara means:

• a species of the cavy family, see Mara (mammal)
• an administrative region of Tanzania, see Mara, Tanzania
• a demon of the Buddhist cosmology, see Mara (demon)
• a goddess in Latvian mythology, see Mara (goddess)
• a fabulous ogress, see Mara (ogress)
• a Sanskrit and Pali word meaning death-bringing or the destroying
• in the Bible, Naomi called herself Mara after she suffered the deaths of her husband and her two sons
• Mara was the nickname of career diplomat and former Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari
• Mara was the name of an evil being in two Dr. Who episodes, Kinda and Snakedance
• Mara is a municipality (pop. 199) in the Spanish province of Zaragoza, in the autonomous community of Aragon.

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