Kare

//kɛɚ// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname; Morley Richard Kare (1922–1990), Canadian biologist and physiologist; father of Susan Kare and Jordin T. Kare
  2. 2
    A surname from India; Ramnath Govind Kare (born 1934), Goan industrialist, educationist, and philanthropist
  3. 3
    A male given name from India.
  4. 4
    A people inhabiting mountainous parts of the Central African Republic’s Ouham-Pendé Prefecture and of Cameroon’s North and Adamawa Regions.
  5. 5
    A language in the Mabuso subfamily of Central Madang languages, spoken in the Hansemann Range of Papua New Guinea.
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  1. 6
    A village in Žitorađa, Toplica okrug, Serbia.
  2. 7
    A village in Mykolaivka settlement hromada, Berezivka Raion, Odesa Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1918.
  3. 8
    Alternative spelling of Kari (Congolese Bantu language spoken in the Central African Republic) alt-of, alternative
  4. 9
    A surname; Susan Kare (born 1954), American artist and graphic designer; daughter of Morley Richard Kare and sister of Jordin T. Kare
  5. 10
    A surname from India; Lata Bhagwan Kare (born circa 1960?), celebrated Indian marathon-runner and Marathi actress
  6. 11
    A male given name from India.; Kare Narain Pathak (born 1941), Indian theoretical condensed-matter physicist
  7. 12
    The southern Mbum language spoken by the Kare people.
  8. 13
    A surname; Jordin T. Kare (1956–2017), American physicist and aerospace engineer; son of Morley Richard Kare and brother of Susan Kare

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Serbo-Croatian Kare, Каре.

Etymology 2

From Ukrainian Ка́ре (Káre).

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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