tara /tæˈɹɑː/exclamation 1noun 2/ˈtɑːrɑː/ noun 1forms 1 exclamation1 •(UK, informal) Goodbye.2004: Metro in This is London (website of London Evening Standard), Jolie says ta-ra to Lara - Pssst...Actress Angelina Jolie's days as Tomb Raider action hero Lara Croft are over. — 2004 noun2 •A plant native to Peru, the spiny holdback, Tara spinosaThe pods of the tara plant are used to make tara gum and tara flour. The latter has been found to be an unapproved food additive. — 2024 •(India) A small silver coin current in South India at the time of the arrival of the Portuguese.The only silver coin of this empire reported so far is a Tara of the time of Pratāpa devaraya. — 1979 tara /ˈtɑːrɑː/ noun1 •(New-Zealand, rare) The tern.Most numerous and widespread of the terns of Aotearoa are the tara, or white-fronted terns. Another species, also named tara , is the smaller black-fronted tern.[…] — 2003 formstaras
