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A Maran Australian Aboriginal prefixing language spoken in southeastern Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.
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A female given name from Hebrew.
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Usage: rare
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A surname from Irish.
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The Hindu god of death; opposite of Kama.
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Usage: Hinduism
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The Buddhist demon who tempts people away from enlightenment
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion
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The Slavic goddess of winter and death; Marena or Marzanna.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Slavic mythology
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name
A river in Tanzania and Kenya.
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noun
A nightmare; a spectre or wraith-like creature in Germanic and particularly Scandinavian folklore; a female demon who torments people in sleep by crouching on their chests or stomachs, or by causing terrifying visions.
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Usage: European
Topics: arts, folklore, history, human-sciences, literature, media, publishing, sciences
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noun
A type of god that prevents accomplishment or success.
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Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion
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noun
Any malicious or evil spirit.
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Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion
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noun
Any caviid rodent of the genus Dolichotis, common in the Patagonian steppes of Argentina.
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noun
A Latin American criminal gang.
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Usage: US
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A member of a predominantly agricultural tribe of southern Assam and western Burma.
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Synonyms: Lakher
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hare-like rodent of the pampas of Argentina
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Dolichotis patagonum
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Broader terms: rodent, gnawer
noun
Hindu god of death; opposite of Kama
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Hindu deity
History
From Hebrew מָרָא (mara, “bitterness”), derived from Hebrew מַר (mar, “bitter”). The modern given name may also be shortened from Maria or Tamara.
From O'Mara, a variant of O'Meara.
From Sanskrit मर (mara), from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to die”). Doublet of mortality.
Borrowed from Old Norse mara, from Proto-Germanic *marǭ, cognate with Old English mare or mære. Doublet of mare. See nightmare.
Borrowed from Sanskrit मार (māra).
From New World Spanish mara.
Across languages
42 source translations are retained for this English entry.
