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

Samar may also refer to:

People

  • Samar (name)

Places

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

Israel

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

Ukraine

  • Samar, Dnipro, a neighborhood in Dnipro and a former town
  • Samar, Ukraine, a city in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast formerly known as Novomoskovsk

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 Air Defence System, an Indian Surface to Missile System
  • 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)
  • SAMR