| Tamara | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female, male |
| Origin | |
| Word/Name | Semitic languages |
| Meaning | palm tree (and others) |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Tammy, Tamy, Tami, Tammii, Tam |
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Tamara is a female given name in various languages. In Arabic, Georgian, Hebrew, Russian and other Slavic languages, Italian, Armenian and other European languages, Tamara is derived from the Biblical name "Tamar", meaning palm tree. The name also occurs in Sanskrit meaning spice. In Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam, Tamara refers to the lotus flower.
The name Tamar has been one of the most popular female names in Georgia because of Saint Queen Tamar in the 12th century. In Armenia the name Tamar was the name of the Princess of Akhtamar Island (present-day Akdamar Island) which was named after her.
Variations include Tamar, Tamra, Tamera, and Tamora. In North America Tamara is pronounced Tam-uh-ruh; in the United Kingdom and Australia it is sometimes pronounced as Tuh-mahr-uh; and in Russia Taw-mahr-uh. In Arabic it is pronounced Tah-mar-ah. The most common nickname for Tamara is Tammy or Tam, but other nicknames exist, such as Tamuna (თამუნა) in Georgia, Toma in Russia, Mara, Tama or Tara.
One notable occurrence of the name 'Tamora' in literature is a character in Shakespeare's "Titus Andronicus." In this play, Tamora is an ambitious and vengeful woman. Her sons plan to rape the daughter of Titus Andronicus but Tamora refuses the girl's pleas to stop them. Titus, in revenge for the brutal rape and disfigurement of his daughter, kills the young men, has them baked into a pie, and serves the pie to Tamora. Titus tells her that she just ate her sons immediately before killing her, too.
The name was popular in the United States during the second half of the 20th century, peaking in the 1970s. This popularity however, was brief, and the name is now extremely uncommon for babies born in America: in 2010, the name fell off the Top 1000 SSA Baby Names list, with fewer than 250 baby girls named Tamara that year. [1] In Eastern European countries like Georgia, Russia, Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, Poland, Armenia and the Czech Republic it has been a common name for centuries. In Australia it was very popular during the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s.
In England, Tamara is the goddess of rivers and streams. The River Tamar which forms the border between Devon and Cornwall derives its name from this spirit.[citation needed]
List of people with the given name Tamara [link]
- Tamara Barnett-Herrin, British singer-songwriter
- Tamara Braun, American soap opera actress
- Tamara Bunke, better known as Tania the Guerrilla, a communist revolutionary
- Tamara Danz, German rock singer
- Tamra Davis, American film director
- Tamara Dhia, Iraqi-born American actress and film producer
- Tamara Drasin, Ukrainian-born singer-actress
- Tamara Ecclestone, English-Croatian socialite, television personality and model
- Tamara Jaber, Australian Singer
- Tamara Karsavina, Russian ballerina
- Tamara Johnson, American indoor volleyball player
- Tamara Larrea, Cuban beach volleyball player
- Tamara de Lempicka, Polish art deco painter
- Tamara Marthe, known as Shy'm, French singer
- Tamara McKinney, American skiier
- Tamara Mello, American actress
- Tamara Mellon, president and founder of designer shoes company Jimmy Choo
- Tammy Faye Messner, American televangelist and reality TV star
- Tamara Mkheidze, Georgian arachnologist
- Tamar of Georgia, Queen of Georgia
- Tamara Moskvina, Russian pairs figure skating coach
- Tamara Moss, Indian model
- Tamera Mowry, American actress
- Tamara Rojo (born 1974), Spanish ballerina, principal dancer with The Royal Ballet, London
- Tamara Salman, Iraqi-born designer
- Tamara Sher, American psychologist
- Tamara Sky, DJ and model
- Tamara Taylor, Canadian actress
- Tamara Todevska, Macedonian pop singer
- Tamara Toumanova, Georgian-born ballerina and actress, active in Paris and Hollywood
- Tamara Tunie, American actress
- Tamara Witmer, American actress and model
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Tamara (play)
Tamara is a play of 1981 by John Krizanc about the painter Tamara de Lempicka. The play is based on the historical meeting of Gabriele d'Annunzio and Lempicka, who was hoping to be commissioned by d'Annunzio to paint his portrait. He had invited her to his villa at Gardone Riviera, on the southwest shore of Lake Garda, a villa now known as Il Vittoriale degli Italiani.
Style
The play draws the audience into a labyrinthine story which reflects complicity in civic responsibility. Lempicka declines to use her voice, despite the power given it through her cultural preeminence. She sells her art to the highest bidder without comment.
In Tamara, the barrier between spectator and actor has been dissolved; the spaces intermingle, and spectators become actors on many stages. Tamara is postmodern theatre performed in a large house with ten actors performing simultaneous scenes in several different rooms; at other times there is simultaneous action in eleven rooms. The spectator can accompany the character of their choice and experience the story they choose, knowing that with the simultaneous performances they cannot experience the whole play. Thus the members of the audience make a series of choices, and depending upon these choices, each spectator creates and develops an individual viewing of it.
Tamara (Dungeons & Dragons)
In the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, Tamara is the dragon goddess of life, light, and mercy.
Publishing history
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition (1989-1999)
Tamara was first detailed for the Forgotten Realms campaign setting in the original Draconomicon (1990).
Dungeons & Dragons 3.0 edition (2000-2007)
Tamara's priesthood and her role as a draconic deity are further detailed in the third edition Draconomicon (2003).
Description
Tamara is the kindest and most benevolent of the draconic deities. Some mistake this quality for weakness, but such beings never make this mistake twice.
Clergy
Tamara's clerics are healers, but also deliverers of death to those who try to escape it. They destroy all undead creatures they encounter, especially draconic undead.
Tamara is described as being an ally of Pelor and an enemy of Falazure, Hextor, Nerull, and Erythnul.
References
Everywhere
Everywhere may refer to:
- "Everywhere" (Tim McGraw song), title track from the album
See also
Everywhere (Tim McGraw song)
"Everywhere" is a song written by Mike Reid and Craig Wiseman, and performed by American country music singer Tim McGraw. It was released in July 1997 as the second single from his album of the same name. The song reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and peaked at number 2 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada. Despite reaching Number One on Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (Now Hot Country Songs), the song did not appear on Tim's Greatest Hits album. It did, however, later appear on Tim's second Greatest Hits package, Reflected: Greatest Hits Vol. 2.
Content
The narrator describes a former significant other and her decision to end their relationship after a disagreement over their future together as a couple. She has opted to stay and live in the small community in which they were both born and raised, while he has chosen to live a life on the road (it is not specified whether his exact choice of lifestyle is that of a drifter or long-distance truck driver, though the song's video indicates the former). Almost from the instant that the narrator begins his traveling life, he claims that he sees his significant other, albeit in spirit, appearing in every destination in North America that he visits. Furthermore, whenever he does return to his and her hometown, he is regularly informed by its residents of her new life - she has married another man and they have subsequently started a family together. And although the narrator reaches the conclusion that his significant other is no longer in his life, he nevertheless proclaims that he will eternally carry her spirit with him in his travels with great emotion just as he always has.
Everywhere (Michelle Branch song)
"Everywhere" is a single released by pop rock singer-songwriter Michelle Branch. It was written by Branch and John Shanks for her debut album, The Spirit Room (2001). It was produced by John Shanks. The song served as her debut single worldwide. It was released in the U.S. in July 2001.
The song received positive reviews from critics praising its lyrical content and Branch's vocal performance. The song attained moderate success, reaching the top twenty in Australia, United Kingdom, New Zealand, the Philippines, Indonesia, and the United States. The accompanying music video for the song shows Branch watching a boy in the opposite apartment building while she plays her guitar in an empty room.
Background and writing
Branch told MTV in 2001:
Music video
The music video for "Everywhere" was directed by Liz Friedlander. The video shows Branch stalking a cute guy in the opposite apartment building while she plays her guitar in an empty room.
Branch told MTV in 2001, "Before we made the video, it was a big deal for me to help find the guy [who co-stars in it]. I was like, 'I'm taking over. Send all the photos to me. I have to pick the guy.' I was watching every WB show saying, 'He's cute. Can we contact him?' As a teenage girl, this was really exciting for me. They finally brought me the picture of the guy in my video, Jake Muxworthy. I was like, 'This is it. He has to be in it.' The scenes that he was in were so hard because I had this little crush on him. I would giggle and start blushing [when I saw him]. ... I think his girlfriend is probably going to track me down and kill me now."
