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A Maran Australian Aboriginal prefixing language spoken in southeastern Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. examples
(rare) A female given name from Hebrew. quotations
Call me not Naomi, call me Mara; for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Ruth 1:20
A surname from Irish. examples
(Hinduism) The Hindu god of death; opposite of Kama. examples
(Buddhism) The Buddhist archangel of evil or demon examples
(Slavic mythology) The Slavic goddess of winter and death; Marena or Maržanna.
plural Maras
A member of a predominantly agricultural tribe of southern Assam and western Burma. examples
A river in Tanzania and Kenya. quotations examples
In the dry season, when the Mara becomes narrower and shallower, certain stretches of it become especially thick with hippos—and their dung.
2018 May 16, Ed Yong, “Hippos Poop So Much That Sometimes All the Fish Die”, in The Atlantic