Tamar

Tamar may refer to:

Personal name

• Tamar (name), a female name of Hebrew origin meaning "Date Palm", now popular among various peoples
• The original form of Tamara and Tammy
• Tamar (goddess), a deity in Georgian mythology

This section lists people commonly referred to solely by this name.

• Tamar (Genesis), married in turn to Er and then, when widowed, to his younger brother Onan; had children by their father Judah
• Tamar (daughter of David), daughter of biblical king David
• Tamar, a daughter of David's son Absalom
• Tamar of Georgia, ruled 1184–1213; her name refers to:

• Tamar, short poem by Mikhail Lermontov (1841)
• Tamar, symphonic poem by Mily Balakirev inspired by verse of Lermontov (1867–1882)
• [[{{{1}}}]] (Thamar), ballet by Michel Fokine and Léon Bakst to Mily Balakirev music (Ballets Russes, 1912)
• [[{{{1}}}]], the yacht of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia built in 1898

• Tamar, also known as Gürcü Hatun, daughter of Queen Rusudan of Georgia and wife of Kaykhusraw of the Seljuq dynasty
• Támar, a female singer

Geography

• Tamar, Mazandaran, a village in Mazandaran Province, Iran
• Tamar, West Azerbaijan, a village in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
• Tamar, Yazd, a village in Yazd Province, Iran
• River Tamar, a river in south western England that forms most of the border between Devon and Cornwall
• Tamar River, Australia
• Tamar (valley), the continuation of the Planica valley in the Julian Alps, Slovenia
• Tamar gas field, an offshore natural gas field in the territorial waters of Israel
• Tamar, Hong Kong, former location of the British naval headquarters of the British Forces Overseas Hong Kong
• Tamar Regional Council, a local government in southern Israel

Media

• Tamar (album), debut album of Tamar Braxton
• Tamar (novel), a war novel by Mal Peet
• Tamar, a tragic poem by Robinson Jeffers

Science and technology

• Tamar-class lifeboat, the latest type of UK slipway-launched lifeboat
• HMS Tamar, several ships and a naval station, named after the River Tamar in South West England
• Tamar and Tamar II, former and current Torpoint Ferry vessels
• Tamar, a GWR Caliph Class locomotive
• Tamar palm tree, Arecaceae
• Projeto TAMAR, Brazilian environmentalist non-profit organization