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DAR Aircraft, a Bulgarian aircraft manufacturer
Daughters of the American Revolution
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DAR can refer to:

An organization:
- DAR Aircraft, a Bulgarian aircraft manufacturer
- Daughters of the American Revolution
  Daughters of the American Revolution
  The Daughters of the American Revolution is a lineage-based membership organization of women dedicated to promoting historic preservation, education, and patriotism...
- Deutscher Akkreditierungs Rat, German Accreditation Council
A place:
- Dar es Salaam
  Dar es Salaam
  Dar es Salaam , formerly Mzizima, is the largest city in Tanzania. It is also the country's richest city and a regionally important economic centre...
  
  (a local abbreviation)
- The IATA code for Julius Nyerere International Airport
  Julius Nyerere International Airport
  Julius Nyerere International Airport Julius Nyerere International Airport Julius Nyerere International Airport , a commune in Kampong Leaeng District, Kampong Chhnang, Cambodia
- Dar, Cambodia, a village in Ya Tung
  Ya Tung
  Ya Tung is a commune in Ou Ya Dav District in northeast Cambodia. It contains five villages and has a population of 1,751. In the 2007 commune council elections, four of the commune's five seats went to the Cambodian People's Party and one went to the Sam Rainsy Party. The land alienation rates...
  
  , Cambodia
In technology:
- DAR (Disk Archiver)
  DAR (Disk Archiver)
  DAR is a command-line archiving tool and a replacement for tar.It features:*Support for slices, archives split over multiple files of a particular size.*Option of deleting files from the system which are removed in the archive....
  
  Disk Archiving tool similar to Tar
- DAR (Display Aspect Ratio), the displayed width divided by the height of an image
- Digital Assets Repository
  Digital Assets Repository
  A Digital Assets Repository is used to store all types of digital material and provides public access to the digitized collections through web-based search and browsing facilities....
- Data at Rest (encryption); a term used in On-the-fly encryption (OTFE)
- DAR (Disk Area Ratio), a parameter used to describe marine propellers
In the arts:
- Dar is the Russian title of the Vladimir Nabokov book The Gift
  The Gift (Nabokov book)
  The Gift is Vladimir Nabokov's final Russian novel, and is considered to be his farewell to the world he was leaving behind...
  
  .
- Secrets of the Alchemist Dar
  Secrets of the Alchemist Dar
  Secrets of the Alchemist Dar is a book written by Michael Stadther and released in September 2006. The book's story is about fairies and other imaginary creatures. The book includes hidden puzzles for an armchair treasure hunt, the prizes for the treasure hunt consist of 100 rings, valued at over...
  
  - puzzle book by Michael Stadther
People:
- Dar
  Dar (tribe)
  Dar is a Kashmiri tribe and family name in the Kashmir region of Pakistan and India. It is derived from the Sanskrit "Dhar" meaning supporter. Kashmir had a high concentration of Brahmins in antiquity, and hence many last names in Kashmir are shared by both Pandits and the Muslims.-Notable...
  
  is a Kashmiri tribe in India and Pakistan
- Dar Williams
  Dar Williams
  Dar Williams is an American singer-songwriter specializing in pop folk.She is a frequent performer at folk festivals and has toured with such artists as Mary Chapin Carpenter, Patty Griffin, Ani DiFranco, The Nields, Shawn Colvin, Girlyman, Joan Baez, and Catie Curtis.-Biography:Williams was born...
  
  , a folk-pop artist
- Designated Airworthiness Representative
  Designated Airworthiness Representative
  A Designated Airworthiness Representative is a private person designated by the United States Federal Aviation Administration to act on its behalf in the inspection of amateur-built aircraft and the issuance of airworthiness certificates...
  
  , a person designated to issue Airworthiness Certificates in the United States.
- Aleem Dar
  Aleem Dar
  Aleem Sarwar Dar played Pakistani domestic cricket for Allied Bank, Gujranwala Cricket Association, Lahore, and Railways as a right-handed batsmen and legbreak bowler.He was educated at Islamia College, Lahore....
  
  , Pakistani cricketer and international umpire
- Asif Dar
  Asif Dar
  Asif Kamran Dar is a former boxer from Pakistan, competing in the lightweight division.A resident of Scarborough, Ontario he represented Pakistan at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, where he was eliminated in the second round...
  
  , Pakistani-Canadian boxer
Others:
- Definite article reduction
  Definite article reduction
  Definite Article Reduction is the term used in recent linguistic work to refer to the use of vowel-less forms of the definite article the in Northern dialects of British English, for example in the Yorkshire dialect and accent...
  
  , the linguistic phenomenon
- Department of Agrarian Reform, an executive department in the Philippines
- Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
  Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
  Die Apokalyptischen Reiter is a Weimar, Germany based heavy metal band signed to the Nuclear Blast in Europe and The End Records in North America.Their name translates to The Apocalyptic Horsemen.- Style :...
  
  , a German heavy metal band
- Dominion Atlantic Railway
  Dominion Atlantic Railway
  The Dominion Atlantic Railway was a historic Canadian railway which operated in the western part of Nova Scotia, primarily through an agricultural district known as the Annapolis Valley....
- The IATA airport code for Julius Nyerere International Airport
  Julius Nyerere International Airport
  Julius Nyerere International Airport Julius Nyerere International Airport Julius Nyerere International Airport