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

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

Topics referred to by the same term
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