Look up matara in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Matara may refer to: Matara District, Cajamarca, Cajamarca Province, Peru Matará [es], Cangallo Province...

Matara (Sinhala: මාතර, romanized: Māthara) is a major city in Sri Lanka, on the southern coast of Southern Province. It is the second largest city in Southern...

Matara (Sinhala: මාතර දිස්ත්‍රික්කය Mātara distrikkaya; Tamil: மாத்தறை மாவட்டம் Māttaṛai māvaṭṭam) is a district in Southern Province, Sri Lanka. It is...

222-kilometre-long (138 mi) highway links the Sri Lankan capital Colombo with Galle, Matara and Hambantota, major cities in the south of the island. The Southern Expressway...

removed from the site. However, the efforts have thus far been rebuffed. Matara is the name of both a small village and an important archaeological site...

The Matara Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Matara Electoral District, in the Southern Province, Sri Lanka. The winner of Matara has matched...

Matara electoral district is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district is...

Matara Central College is a mixed school in Matara City. It is located in Matara District, southern part of Sri Lanka. Matara Central College was Established...

Seguenzia matara is a species of extremely small deep water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae. The white, nacreous shell...

Matara Sports Club is a Division III cricket team in Matara, Sri Lanka. It played first-class cricket 1998 to 2001, before being demoted to Division II...

in Sri Lanka, running between Colombo Fort and Beliatta, via Galle and Matara. Operated by Sri Lanka Railways, the line includes some of the busiest rail...

No matarás ("Do Not Kill") is a 1943 Mexican film directed by Chano Urueta. It is the debut film of actress Katy Jurado, who was 19 years old at the time...

Southern Province is a geographic area consisting of the districts of Galle, Matara and Hambantota. Subsistence farming and fishing is the main source of income...

Matara City Club is a Sri Lankan professional football club based in the coastal city of Matara. They play in the highest football league of Sri Lanka...

St. Mary’s School is located in Matara, Sri Lanka. This traditional institution stands for its history, academic excellence and education. Established...

current Member of Parliament from the Matara District. Alahapperuma was born on 14 May 1959 in Dikwella, Matara to Carolis Alahapperuma and Aslin Alahapperuma...

Hawulti (Tigrinya: ሓወልቲ) is a pre-Aksumite obelisk located in Matara, Eritrea. The monument bears the oldest known example of the ancient Ge'ez script...

density and brilliancy. The so-called Matura diamonds, formerly sent from Matara (or Matura) in Sri Lanka, were decolorized zircons. The zircon has strong...

strong support from the fellow party members through successful rallies in Matara, Kurunegala and Matugama. He was defeated by Gotabaya Rajapaksa who campaigned...

Matara railway station is a station in Matara, Sri Lanka. It is owned and operated by Sri Lanka Railways. Matara railway station opened on 17 December...

coastal market town in the Matara district in Southern Province of Sri Lanka. It is located 22 km (14 mi) east of the city of Matara. Dikwella is noted for...

it is assumed that Matarajin's name was derived from the terms mata and matara, Japanese transcriptions of Sanskrit mātṛkā. In the context of historical...

The Matara Fort (Sinhala: මාතර බලකොටුව Mathara Balakotuwa; Tamil: மாத்தறைக் கோட்டை, romanized: Māttaṟaik Kōṭṭai) was built in 1560 by the Portuguese and...

religious community known as the Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matará (SSVM) and the Secular Third Order. Members of the Institute profess the...

Mokhi and Matara (The Barmaid and Bachhana; Sindhi: موکي ۽ متارا‎) is famous story of a Barmaid, "Mokhi", who unwillingly served the poisonous "Mandh"...

Matara in Proconsulari is an ancient suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church in North Africa. It dates from the bishopric based in the...

Shrine of Our Lady of Matara is a Roman Catholic church devoted to the Virgin Mary, in the town of Matara, Sri Lanka. The shrine houses a statue of the...

fatalities or more. It occurred when a crowded passenger train (No 50, Matara Express) was destroyed on a coastal railway in Sri Lanka by a tsunami that...

Most Ven. Matara Sri Nanarama Maha Thera (December 11, 1901 – April 30, 1992) (spelled Ñāṇārāma in Pali, sometimes called Gnanarama in Sinhala, Sinhala:...

Matara Bodhiya is a sacred fig tree in Matara, Sri Lanka. Its origin can be traced back to a tragic story centred on King Kumara Dharmasena or Kumaradhatusena...