Jar (disambiguation)

A jar is a type of rigid, cylindrical container.

Jar(s), JAR, or The Jar(s) may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Film

• The Jar, a 1984 American horror film directed by Bruce Toscano
• The Jar: A Tale From the East, a 2001 Syrian animated film
• JAR Pictures, an Indian motion picture production company

Literature

• "The Jar", a 1944 story by Ray Bradbury

Music

• The Jars, an American new wave band 1978–1982
• Flybanger, originally Jar, a Canadian metal band
• JaR, the duo Jay Graydon and Randy Goodrum
• Jar (album), by Superheaven, 2013
• "J.A.R.", a song by Green Day, 1995
• "Jars" (song), by Chevelle, 2009
• "Jars", a song by Downthesun from Downthesun, 2002
• "Jars", a song by the Black Dahlia Murder from Nightbringers, 2017

Military and government

• Jar (unit), an obsolete Royal Navy unit of capacitance
• Joint Aviation Requirements, issued by Europe's Joint Aviation Authorities
• Order of the Jar, a medieval Spanish military order

People

• Alexandru Jar (1911–1988), Romanian poet and novelist
• Gabriel Jars (1732–1769), French mining and metallurgical specialist

Places

Places

• Car, Azerbaijan, a village in Zaqatala District, Azerbaijan
• Jar, Iran, in Isfahan Province
• Jar, Kurdistan, Iran
• Jar, Norway, in Bærum
  • Jar station, an Oslo Metro and the Oslo Tramway station
  • Jar IL, a sports club
• Jars, Cher, France
• Jewish Autonomous Oblast, or Jewish Autonomous Region, Russia
• Plain of Jars, Laos

Structures

• JAR Stadium, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
• James A. Rhodes Arena, on the campus of the University of Akron, Ohio, US
• John A. Ryan Arena, a hockey rink in Watertown, Massachusetts, US

Science and technology

• Jamming avoidance response, of weakly electric fish
• JAR (file format), Java ARchive file
• Drilling jar, part of a well drill string

Other uses

• Jarawa language (Nigeria) (ISO 639-3 code)
• Jar, a Procter & Gamble brand

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with jar
• All pages with titles containing jar
• Ajar (disambiguation)
• Jaar (disambiguation)
• Jarra (disambiguation)
• Jarre, a surname
• Jareš, a surname