Tartar

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Tartar may refer to:

Places

• Tartar (river), a river in Azerbaijan
• Tartar, Switzerland, a village in the Grisons
• Tərtər, capital of Tartar District, Azerbaijan
• Tartar District, Azerbaijan
• Tartar Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

People and languages

• Tartar, someone from Tartary, the historical central Asian region populated by Manchus, Mongols, Turks, and others
• Tatars, a Turkic ethnic group native to present-day Russia and Ukraine
  • Tatar language

Chemicals

• Potassium bitartrate, also called cream of tartar
• Tartaric acid, commonly mixed with sodium bicarbonate and sold as baking powder

Food

• Steak tartare, a meat dish made from raw ground (minced) beef or horsemeat
• Tartar sauce, a condiment primarily composed of mayonnaise and finely chopped capers
• Cream of Tartar, the culinary name for potassium bitartrate, a dry, powdery, acidic byproduct of fermenting grapes into wine

Military

• Tartar (1813 privateer), an American privateer schooner during the War of 1812
• HMS Tartar, the name of several Royal Navy Vessels
• RIM-24 Tartar, a missile
• Tartar Guided Missile Fire Control System

Transportation

• Tartar, a GWR Iron Duke Class locomotive built 1848
• Tartar, a GWR 3031 Class locomotive built 1895

Other uses

• Tartar (horse), a racehorse
• Commander Tartar, the antagonist of the Splatoon 2 Octo Expansion
• Dental tartar or calculus, hardened dental plaque
• Tartar Sauce, a swear word for SpongeBob SquarePants
• Wayne State Tartars, now called the Warriors
• Tartarus, in Greek mythology, a place in the underworld
• Tartarium, a middle age expensive fabric also known as Cloth of Tars

See also

• East Tartary
• Lake Tharthar
• Tartary
• Tatra (disambiguation)

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