Zara

Zara may refer to:

Places

• Zara, Turkey, district in the Turkish province of Sivas Province (its official name since 13th century)
• Zara, Italian, Venetian, German and Hungarian name of the Adriatic port city of Zadar (and its official name from the 15th to the 20th century), former capital of Dalmatia, today in Croatia
• Zara, Tibet, village in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China
• Zara (Milan Metro), underground station in Milan

Female people

• Zara (Turkish singer) (born 1976), Turkish folk music singer
• Zara (Russian singer) (born 1983), Russian pop singer and actress
• Zara Aldana (born1989) , Filipina celebrity
• Zara Bate (1909–1989), Australian fashion designer, wife of Harold Holt
• Zara Cully (1892–1978), American actress
• Zara Salim Davidson (born 1976), a member of the Malaysian royalty.
• Zara Davis (born 1966), English windsurfer
• Zara Dawson (born 1983), English actress and television presenter
• Zara Dolukhanova (1918–2007), Armenian mezzo-soprano singer
• Zara Durrani, Pakistani-Canadian actress and model
• Zara Glover (born 1982), English ten-pin bowler
• Zara Hore-Ruthven, Countess of Gowrie (1879–1965), Irish-born wife of the Earl of Gowrie, Governor-General of Australia
• Zara Larsson (born 1997), Swedish singer
• Zara Levina (1906–1976), Ukrainain pianist and composer
• Zara Martin, British television presenter
• Zara Mints (1927–1990), Russian-Estonian literary scientist, wife of Yuri Lotman
• Zara Nelsova (1918–2002), Canadian cellist
• Zara Northover (born 1984), Jamaican shot putter
• Zara Nutley, British television actress
• Zara Phillips (born 1981), daughter of Princess Anne of the United Kingdom
• Zara Sheikh (born 1982), Pakistani model and Lollywood actress
• Zara Turner (born ca. 1968), British actress
• Zara Wallace (born 1939), American author and editor
• Zara Whites (born 1968), Dutch television personality, activist and former pornographic actress
• Zara Wright (active 1920), American author based in Chicago

Male people

• Zara Yaqob (1399–1468), Emperor of Ethiopia (1434–1468)
• Alberto Da Zara (1889-1951), Italian admiral
• Bert Zara (active 1969–1975), Australian rugby league player

Ships

• Zara, a heavy cruiser that served in the Italian Navy from 1931 to 1941
• The Zara class of Italian heavy cruisers
• USS Zara (SP-133), a patrol vessel that served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1919

Other

• Zara (retailer), Spanish clothing and accessories retailer
• 158 Infantry Division Zara, Italian infantry division of World War II
• Continental Hotel Zara, hotel in Budapest
• ZaRa, EP by Merzbow
• Zara spook, fishing lure