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Iara
Iara or IARA can refer to:
- The Islamic American Relief Agency
- Iara (mythology), a figure from Brazilian mythology
- The Iara oil field off the coast of Brazil
- Iara, Guinea-Bissau, a location in the Oio Region of Guinea-Bissau
- Iara, Cluj, a commune in Cluj County, Romania
- Iara River (Aries), a river in Cluj County, Romania
- Iara, University of Leuven, Belgium, Institute for Anthropological Research in Africa
- IARA, an acronym in economics, finance, and decision theory for increasing absolute risk aversion
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Islamic American Relief Agency
The Islamic American Relief Agency (IARA-USA) is an "American non-profit organization established in 1985 and dedicated to the empowerment of disadvantaged people everywhere through relief and participatory development programs emphasizing human dignity, self-reliance, and social justice." It has been under scrutiny by the FBI and Joint Terrorism Task Force since October 2004, when its offices were raided and its operations shut down.
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iara
n.
water nymph, spirit of the water; bouto, river dolphin; white man
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Iara
[Folklore] The Iara is a kind of mermaid. She is the beautiful queen of the water, who sings and lures men -- who go mad because of Iara's beauty -- to the waters where they die. Iara has beautiful long hair and uses a golden comb. When an Iara dies, her river dies with her.
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