Samara
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Geography

  • Samara Oblast
    Samara Oblast
    Samara Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Samara. Population: In 1936–1990, it was known as Kuybyshev Oblast , after the Soviet name of Samara .-Demographics:Population:...

    , a federal subject of Russia
  • Samara, Russia
    Samara, Russia
    Samara , is the sixth largest city in Russia. It is situated in the southeastern part of European Russia at the confluence of the Volga and Samara Rivers. Samara is the administrative center of Samara Oblast. Population: . The metropolitan area of Samara-Tolyatti-Syzran within Samara Oblast...

    , a city on the eastern bank of the Volga River, Russia
  • Samara Bend
    Samara bend
    The Samara bend is a large hairpin bend of the middle Volga River at the confluence of the Samara River . It is situated in Samara Oblast, Volga Federal District of Russia....

    , the largest bend of the Volga River
  • Samara Reservoir, an informal name of Kuybyshev Reservoir on the Volga River
  • Samara River
    Samara River
    The Samara is a river in Russia, left tributary of Volga. The city of Samara is located at the confluence of Volga and Samara. It rises southwest of the southern end of the Ural Mountains close to the middle Ural River near the town of Orenburg. It then flows west or west northwest to meet the...

    , a river in Russia, left tributary of the Volga River
  • Samara River (Dnieper)
    Samara River (Dnieper)
    The Samara is a river in Ukraine, a left tributary of the river Dnieper. The city of Dnipropetrovsk is located near the confluence of Dnieper and Samara....

    , a river in Ukraine, left tributary of the Dnieper River
  • Sămara, a village in Poiana Lacului
    Poiana Lacului
    Poiana Lacului is a commune in Argeş County, Romania. It is composed of thirteen villages: Cătunaşi, Cepari, Dealu Oraşului, Dealu Viilor, Dinculeşti, Găleţeanu, Gărdineşti, Gâlceşti, Metofu, Păduroiu din Deal, Păduroiu din Vale, Poiana Lacului and Sămara....

     Commune, Argeş County, Romania
  • Samara, old name of the Somme River
    Somme River
    The Somme is a river in Picardy, northern France. The name Somme comes from a Celtic word meaning tranquility. The department Somme was named after this river....

    , France
  • Sámara
    Sámara
    Sámara, situated along the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica's Guanacaste Province, has long been a favorite vacation spot for both Costa Ricans and foreigners. The town is rather small with its main street leading directly to the beach...

    , beach town in Costa Rica
  • Samara, Agra, village in Uttar Pradesh, India

Biology

  • Samara (fruit)
    Samara (fruit)
    A samara is a type of fruit in which a flattened wing of fibrous, papery tissue develops from the ovary wall. A samara is a simple dry fruit and indehiscent . It is a winged achene...

    , a type of winged tree fruit
  • Samara, a synonym of the plant genus Embelia
    Embelia
    Embelia is a genus of climbing shrubs in the family Myrsinaceae. There are about 130 species which occur in tropical and subtropical areas across a wide range including Africa and Madagascar and from eastern Asia to the Pacific Islands as well as Australia including:*Embelia angustifolia A...


Other

  • Samara culture
    Samara culture
    The Samara culture was an eneolithic culture of the early 5th millennium BC at the Samara bend region of the middle Volga, discovered during archaeological excavations in 1973 near the village of Syezzheye in Russia...

     an eneolithic (copper age) culture
  • Lada Samara
    Lada Samara
    The Lada Samara or VAZ-2108 is an economy car produced by Soviet/Russian vehicle manufacturer AvtoVAZ's Lada brand, from 1984 until 2004. The brand name Samara originally was used only for exported models, in Russia the same model was called "Sputnik" , until 1991, when the sedan version of Samara...

    , a model of Lada automobile named after the city
  • Samara Flag Monument, a monument in Stara Zagora
    Stara Zagora
    Stara Zagora is the sixth largest city in Bulgaria, and a nationally important economic center. Located in Southern Bulgaria, it is the administrative capital of the homonymous Stara Zagora Province...

    , Bulgaria
  • Samara flag
    Samara flag
    The Samara flag is one of the most important military symbols of the Bulgarian Army. Sewed by local nuns and given to the Bulgarian volunteers in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78 by the citizens of the Russian city of Samara on 18 May 1877, it became famous when it was heroically prevented from...

    , a 19th-century Bulgarian flag
  • Samara (house)
    Samara (house)
    Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, Samara, also known as the John E. Christian House, is located in West Lafayette, Indiana. The home is an example of the Usonian homes that Wright designed. Samara was built from 1954 and 1956 and is still occupied by the original owner, John E...

    , also known as SAMARA or the John E. Christian House, a building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
  • Samara Morgan (born under the name of Samara Osorio), a fictional character in The Ring series of horror films
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