Tartar
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Tartar may refer to:
- Ethnic appellation
- An alternative spelling of the name Tatars, an ethnic group in present-day Russia and Ukraine.
- The Tatar language.
- A member of the various tribes and their descendants of Tartary, such as Turks, Mongols and Manchus.
- Geography
- Tartar Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
- Tartar, Switzerland, a village in the Grisons
- Tartar Rayon, a rayon in Azerbaijan
- Tartar (river), a river in Azerbaijan
- Tərtər, capital of Tartar Rayon, Azerbaijan
- Food
- Tartar sauce
- Steak tartare, a meat dish made from ground raw beef
- Chemicals
- Salts of tartaric acid
- Cream of tartar (potassium bitartrate)
- Tartar emetic (antimony potassium tartrate)
- Vehicles and military hardware
- Tartar, a GWR Iron Duke Class steam locomotive
- Tartar was one of the GWR 3031 Class locomotives that were built for and run on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915; renamed Walter Robinson in 1901.
- RIM-24 Tartar missile
- Tartar Guided Missile Fire Control System
- HMS Tartar, the name of several Royal Navy Vessels
- Other
- Tartars, the name of the athletic teams from 1927–1999 at Wayne State University in Detroit.
- Tartar on teeth, hardened dental plaque
See also
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