Kǎ (卡) means to check, block, or card Tǎ (塔) means pagoda and Lā (拉) means to pull.

In ' The Tales of Ba Sing Se', Katara's name was written as 卡塔拉. 'Kya' was later used for Katara's then-unnamed deceased mother. 'Kanna' was first proposed to replace Kya, but it was used to name her grandmother instead. Nickelodeon's legal department vetoed the name when they discovered there was already a video game character named Kya, so they had to change it. Creation and conception Īccording to the un-aired pilot episode, Katara's name was originally 'Kya'. Katara has appeared in other media, such as trading cards, T-shirts, video games and web comics. She later earns the title of Master Waterbender from Master Pakku of the Northern Water Tribe. They free him and accompany him on his quest to defeat the imperialistic Fire Nation and bring peace to the war-torn world. She and her older brother, Sokka, discover an 'airbender' (one who can telekinetically control and manipulate air) named Aang frozen in an iceberg. At the beginning of the story, she is the only person with such abilities in the Southern Water Tribe, one of three known communities in which waterbending is practiced.

Katara is a 14-year-old 'waterbender', meaning that she has the ability to telekinetically control water and ice. In the 2010 live action film adaptation, she was played by Nicola Peltz, while in the 2023 live-action television series adaptation, she will be portrayed by Kiawentiio. She is Chief Hakoda and Kya’s daughter and Sokka’s younger sister. The character, created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, is voiced by Mae Whitman in the original series and Eva Marie Saint in the sequel series, The Legend of Korra. Katara is a fictional character in the Nickelodeon animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005–2008) and its sequel series The Legend of Korra (2012–2014).

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