Ararat or in Western Armenian Ararad may refer to:

Personal names

Ararat (), a common first name for Armenian males (pronounced Ararad in Western Armenian) Ararat or Araratian, a common family name for Armenians (pronounced Ararad, Araradian in Western Armenian). See Araratyan Mem Ararat, a Kurdish singer, songwriter, and composer from Turkey.

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Places

Armenian Highland

Mount Ararat, a mountain and a dormant volcanic cone in Turkey

Greater Ararat, the tallest peak in Turkey, part of Mount Ararat

Little Ararat, the sixth tallest peak in Turkey, part of Mount Ararat

Ararat plain, along the Arax River, in Armenia

Ararat Province, Armenia

Ararat, Armenia, a city in Ararat Province

Ararat (village), Armenia, a village in Ararat Province

Ayrarat, a historical province of Armenia

United States

Ararat, North Carolina

Ararat, Virginia

Ararat Township, Pennsylvania

Mount Ararat (Pennsylvania), the highest point in Wayne County, Pennsylvania

Ararat River in Virginia and North Carolina

Australia

Ararat, Victoria, Australia

Ararat Airport, an airport 5 km south of Ararat, Victoria, Australia

Aradale Mental Hospital, also known as the Ararat Asylum

Ararat V/Line rail service, a regional passenger rail service operated by V/Line in Victoria, Australia HM Prison Ararat, in Ararat, Victoria, Australia Rural City of Ararat, south-west Victoria, Australia City of Ararat, a former local government area west-northwest of Melbourne Shire of Ararat, a former local government area about 200 kilometres (124 mi) west-northwest of Melbourne

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History

Mountains of Ararat, referred to in the Bible

Kingdom of Ararat, a variant name of the Iron Age kingdom of Urartu

Republic of Ararat, a breakaway Kurdish state, 1927 to 1931

Ararat rebellion, 1930 uprising of the Kurds of Agn Province in Turkish Kurdistan against the Turkish Government Ararat, City of Refuge, An attempt by Mordecai Manuel Noah to create a Jewish homeland; a significant event in the history of Zionism.

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Associations

Ararat Center for Strategic Research , academic research center and Armenian think tank on security issues Ararat Chapter, the Chicago chapter of the Armenian Youth Federation

Business and economy

Ararat (brandy), a brandy in Armenia

Ararat International Airlines, now defunct Armenian airline company founded in 2010 and ceased operations in 2013.

Media

Ararat Quarterly, international quarterly of literature, history and culture published in New York City Der Ararat, German arts magazine published between 1918 and 1921 Ararat, a 1983 novel by D.M. Thomas Ararat (film), a 2002 film directed by Atom Egoyan Passage to Ararat, a book by Michael J. Arlen Ararat, a planet colonized by refugees of Resurgam in the Revelation Space series by Alastair Reynolds Ararat (novel), a 2017 novel by Christopher Golden Ararad (daily), Armenian language newspaper in Lebanon

Religion

Araratian Pontifical Diocese, the biggest diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church with jurisdiction including the Armenian capital Yerevan and the Araradian Province

Sports

Football clubs

Ararat SC, Erbil, Iraq

FC Ararat Yerevan, Yerevan, Armenia

FC Ararat Moscow, Moscow, Russia

F.C. Ararat Tehran, Tehran, Iran

FC Ararat Tallinn, Tallinn, Estonia

FC Ararat-Moskva Yerevan, Yerevan, Armenia

FC Ararat Issy, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France

FC Araks Ararat, Ararat, Armenia (originally FC Ararat) Ararad SC, or Ararad Sports Association, Lebanese Armenian sports and cultural organization

Others

Ararat Stadium, Tehran, Iran

Ararat Tehran BC, an Iranian basketball club based in Tehran, Iran

Ararad Sports Association, Lebanese Armenian sports association

Other

Ararat anomaly, object appearing on photographs near the summit of Mount Ararat

96205 Ararat, an asteroid named after the mountain

HMAS Ararat, the name of two ships in the Royal Australian Navy

Ararat (EP), an EP by the Israeli metal band Orphaned Land

Ararat, a fictional town in Hungary, a hometown of Dukay family, in the books written by Lajos Zilahy from 1947 until 1965 Ararat, a fictional planet in the p Eridani solar system, in the book Absolution Gap by Alastair Reynolds