Targa
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Targa is an old word for targe
, shield. Targa or TARGA may also refer to:
Car rallies
Places
Boats
Others
Targe
Targe was a general word for shield in late Old English. Its diminutive, target, came to mean an object to be aimed at in the 18th century....
, shield. Targa or TARGA may also refer to:
Car rallies
- Targa FlorioTarga FlorioThe Targa Florio was an open road endurance automobile race held in the mountains of Sicily near Palermo. Founded in 1906, it was the oldest sports car racing event, part of the World Sportscar Championship between 1955 and 1973...
, Sicily, Italy - Targa Canada WestTarga Canada WestTarga Canada West is a tarmac-based rally race in British Columbia, Canada.It takes place on closed public roads in host communities, and historically stems from the popular Targa Florio and later the Mille Miglia....
, Canada - Targa New ZealandTarga New ZealandThe Targa New Zealand is a tarmac rally held annually on public roads throughout the North Island of New Zealand. The main Targa each year begins in the last week of October and is a week-long event which covers around 1500 km of touring and 750 km of closed special stages...
- Targa NewfoundlandTarga NewfoundlandTarga Newfoundland is an annual long road rally. It is held over a seven-day period in September of each year on the paved roads of the eastern and central parts of Newfoundland....
, Canada - Targa TasmaniaTarga TasmaniaTarga Tasmania is a tarmac-based rally event held on the island state of Tasmania, Australia, annually since 1992. The event takes its name from the Targa Florio, a former motoring event held on the island of Sicily...
, Australia - Targa WestTarga WestTarga West is a rally event held in and around Perth, Western Australia. The event takes its name from the Targa Florio, a former motoring event held on the island of Sicily, as well as more recent Australian events including Targa Tasmania, now defunct East Coast Targa, Targa New Zealand and...
, Western Australia - Targa timingTarga timingTarga timing is a system of timing used in car rallying. It was invented by John Brown, the Clerk of the Course for the Targa Rusticana, a road rally that used to be run in the United Kingdom in the 1960s by Oumdc...
system
Places
- Targa, KasurTarga, KasurTarga is a village in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located in Kasur District at 31°10'0N 74°31'0E with an altitude of 193 metres ....
, village in Kasur District, Pakistan - Targa, SialkotTarga, SialkotTarga is a village in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located in Sialkot District at 32°21'50N 74°29'35E with an altitude of 240 metres ....
, village in Sialkot District, Pakistan
Boats
- a range of boats made by Fairline BoatsFairline BoatsFairline Boats Ltd are an English motor yacht builder, currently owned Better Capital and the RBS. Started in 1963 by Jack Newington, the company presently builds motor yachts in both its original Oundle base as well as Corby, Northamptonshire-History:...
- a range of boats made by Botnia Marin, as used by the Metropolitan Police Marine Policing Unit
Others
- the working title for the Super FamicomSuper Nintendo Entertainment SystemThe Super Nintendo Entertainment System is a 16-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia , and South America between 1990 and 1993. In Japan and Southeast Asia, the system is called the , or SFC for short...
video game Rendering Ranger: R2Rendering Ranger: R2Rendering Ranger: R2 is a 1995 Super Famicom side scrolling action video game that is gun-oriented.-Summary:Players control the titular Rendering Ranger, a special forces soldier tasked with defending the Earth and its remaining inhabitants from a devastating alien invasion... - Targa topTarga topTarga top, targa for short, is a semi-convertible car body style with a removable roof section and a full width roll bar behind the seats. The term was first used on the 1966 Porsche 911 Targa, and it remains a registered trademark of Porsche AG....
, car body style - Truevision TGATruevision TGATruevision TGA, often referred to as TARGA, is a raster graphics file format created by Truevision Inc. . It was the native format of TARGA and VISTA boards, which were the first graphic cards for IBM-compatible PCs to support Highcolor/truecolor display...
, image file format