Makara

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The word Makara can refer to several different things.

• Seven sisters who became the Pleiades (star cluster) in Aboriginal mythology
• Makara (Hindu mythology), a mythical creature and Varuna's and Ganga's Vahana (mount), in Hinduism
• Capricorn (astrology) in the Hindu calendar
• Makara, New Zealand, rural locality west of Wellington, New Zealand
• Makara Guardians, a group opposed to wind farm development at Makara, New Zealand
• "blessed" in Greek. Since many East European people accepted Christianity from the Greeks, many of these peoples have Makara in the root of their last names: Makarios (Greeks), the given name Makar gave rise to a number of last names Makarov (Russians), Makarenko (Ukrainians), Makara (Slovaks).
• January, in the Khmer language of Cambodia
• Universitas Indonesia logo name
• X-Bomber Japanese sci-fi puppet character Commander Makara
• Makara (magazine), Canadian feminist arts journal, 1975-1978

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