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Samar is an island in the Visayas group in the Philippines.

Samar may also refer to:

People

• Samar (name)

Places

In the Philippines

• Samar (historical province), a former province (1768-1965) largely coterminous within the island of Samar comprising what are now the present-day provinces of (Western) Samar, Northern Samar and Eastern Samar
  • Samar (province), formerly Western Samar, a province of the Philippines that occupies the western three-quarters of the island of Samar
  • Northern Samar province
  • Eastern Samar province
• Samar Sea, within the Philippine archipelago

In Israel

• Samar, Israel, kibutz in the Arabah Valley, south Israel

Film and television

• Samar (1962 film), an American/Philippine film
• Samar (1999 film), a Hindi/Urdu film
• Samar (2013 film), an Indian Tamil film
• Samar, a fictional criminal portrayed by Aamir Khan in the 2013 Indian film Dhoom 3
• Samar Pratap, a fictional politician portrayed by Ranbir Kapoor in the 2010 Indian film Raajneeti

Others

• Samar (yacht), one of longest motor yachts
• Samar cobra (Naja samarensis)
• Samar, an abbreviation for samal rishon, the staff sergeant-equivalent Israeli military rank
• Šamar, 2003 album by the Croatian punk rock band Hladno Pivo

See also

• Battle off Samar, central action of the Battle of Leyte Gulf at Samar Island during World War II
• Sama (disambiguation)
• Samara (disambiguation)
• Samaria (disambiguation)
• Samal (disambiguation)
• Samat (disambiguation)