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Adar can mean several things:

  • Adar
    Adar

    Adar is the sixth month of the civil year and the twelfth month of the religious year on the Hebrew calendar. It is a winter month of 29 days. In leap years, it is preceded by a 30-day intercalary month named Adar Aleph , Adar Rishon or Adar I and it is then itself called Adar Bet , Adar Sheni or Adar II....
     is a month of the Hebrew calendar
    Hebrew calendar

    The Hebrew calendar or Jewish calendar is a lunisolar calendar used by Jews, now predominantly for religious purposes. It is used to reckon the Jewish New Year and dates for Jewish holidays, and also to determine appropriate Torah reading of Torah portions, Yahrzeits , and daily Psalm reading, among many ceremonial uses....
  • Adar
    Atar

    Atar is the Zoroastrianism concept for "burning and unburning fire" and "visible and invisible fire" .In an unrestricted sense, atar is heat - that is, thermal energy, manifest as fire or other luminous source when visible....
     is the middle Persian term for Zoroastrian fire.
  • Adar (Battlestar Galactica)
    Adar (Battlestar Galactica)

    Adar is the name of a character in the original and new continuities of Battlestar Galactica....
     is the name of two characters on Battlestar Galactica
    Battlestar Galactica

    Battlestar Galactica is a Media franchise of science fiction films and television program, the Battlestar Galactica was produced in 1978. A series of book adaptations, original novels, comic books and video games have also been based on the concept....
    • Richard Adar
      Richard Adar

      President Richard Adar is a fictional character in the Battlestar Galactica , portrayed by Colm Feore. He was President of the Twelve Colonies before the Destruction of the Twelve Colonies by the Cylon ....
       is the last president of the 12 Colonies before their destruction in the reimagined Battlestar Galactica
    • President Adar
      President Adar

      In the pilot episode, "Saga of a Star World", President Adar was the last elected President of the Twelve Colonies.Relying on Count Baltar for advice, Adar fatally ordered the Colonial fleet not to assume a defensive posture as they were ambushed by a horde of 1000 Cylon raiders....
       is the last president of the 12 Colonies and killed on the Battlestar Atlantia at the Cylon Peace Conference in the original Battlestar Galactica.
  • Adar
    List of Star Wars creatures

    This is a list of creatures in the fictional Star Wars universe. In order to be listed here, creatures must be noted in multiple canon sources....
     is a creature in the Star Wars
    Star Wars

    Star Wars is an epic film space opera Media franchise initially conceived by George Lucas. The first film in the franchise was simply titled Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, but later had the subtitle Episode IV: A New Hope added to distinguish it from its sequels and prequels....
     universe.
  • Adar is a mountainous nation on the continent of Sarlona in the world of Eberron
    Eberron

    Eberron is a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, set in a period after a vast destructive war on the continent of Khorvaire....
    .
  • Adar is also the plural of "aderyn" the word for bird in Cymraeg (Welsh).
  • ADAR is an acronym for a type of Adenosine deaminase
    Adenosine deaminase

    Adenosine deaminase is an enzyme involved in Purine#Metabolism. It is needed for the breakdown of adenosine from food and for the turnover of nucleic acids in tissues....
     acting on RNA
    RNA

    Ribonucleic acid is a type of molecule that consists of a long chain of nucleotide units. Each nucleotide consists of a nucleobase, a ribose sugar, and a phosphate....
    .