Zara (given name)

Zara is a feminine given name.

It is the English form of the name Zaïre, the central character of Voltaire's 1732 play Zaïre (The Tragedy of Zara). Voltaire may have been influenced by the Arabic name Zahra.

Its popularity may be influenced by the naming of Princess Anne's daughter Zara Phillips in 1981, and the Spanish fashion store Zara.

Another derivation, unrelated to the above, is the Bulgarian name Zara (Зара) which is a diminutive of Zaharina or Zaharinka.

Notable people with this name

Zara (Russian singer)

Zarifa Pashaevna Mgoyan (Russian: Зарифа́ Паша́евна Мгоя́н: born 26 July 1983), known as Zara (За́ра), is a Russian pop singer and actress.

Zara is from Armenia and is of ethnic Yazidi background. Until 2004, she professed Yezidism, but has since converted to Russian Orthodoxy.

Zara Mgoyan married Sergey Vladimirovich Matviyenko on April 30, 2004; they divorced one year later. Sergey Matviyenko is the son of Valentina Matviyenko, Russia's most powerful female politician.

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Zara, Turkey

Zara is a town and a district of Sivas Province of Turkey. The mayor is Sayıt Ahmet Pala (AKP). The town is 70 km. (appr. 45 miles) away from Sivas down town.

Economy

Historically, silver was extracted from lead in Zara. Coal, asbestos, and arsenic were also produced in the area.

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Falling

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Falling (Gravity Kills song)

"Falling" is a song by industrial rock band Gravity Kills from the album Perversion, released by TVT Records in 1998.

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"Falling" reached No. 35 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart on July 4, 1998. The song was included in both original and instrumental form in the 1998 cross-platform racing video game Test Drive 5.

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Falling (sensation)

A sensation of falling occurs when the labyrinth or vestibular apparatus, a system of fluid-filled passages in the inner ear, detects changes in acceleration. This sensation can occur when a person begins to fall, which in terms of mechanics amounts to a sudden acceleration increase from zero to roughly 9.8 m/s². If the body is in free fall (for example, during skydiving) with no other momenta (rotation, etc.) there is no falling sensation. This almost never occurs in real-life falling situations because when the faller leaves his support there are usually very significant quantities of residual momenta such as rotation and these momenta continue as the person falls, causing a sensation of dysphoria. The faller doesn't fall straight down but spins, flips, etc. due to these residual momenta and also due to the asymmetric forces of air resistance on his asymmetric body. While velocity continues to increase, the downward acceleration due to gravity remains constant and is not sensed. Increasing drag force may even cause a feeling of ascent.