Aram

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Aram may refer to:

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Bible [edit]

  • Aram, son of Shem, according to the "Table of Nations" in Genesis 10
  • Aram-Naharaim (Aram of two Rivers), the land in which the city of Haran lay
  • Aram (biblical region), an ancient region containing the ancient state of Aram Damascus
  • Aram Rehob, an early Aramaean kingdom referred to in Numbers and Judges
  • Aram, son of Bethuel's elder brother, Kemuel, grandson of Abraham's elder brother, Nahor
  • Paddan Aram, an early Aramean kingdom in Mesopotamia referred to in Genesis

Qur'an [edit]

People [edit]

Given name
  • Aram (given name), a popular given name in Armenian, Aramaic, Kurdish and Persian languages
  • Aram (son of Harma), the king which Armenia is named after
  • Aram I (born 1947) Catholicos, head of the Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia (Armenian Apostolic Church), Antelias, Lebanon
Family name
  • Eugene Aram, English philologist and murderer
  • Kamrooz Aram (born 1978), Iranian American artist
  • M. Aram (born 1927), Indian educator and peace advocate

History, culture and society [edit]

Modern places [edit]

  • Aram, Iran, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran
  • Aram's New Ground, cricket ground in Montpelier Gardens, Walworth, Surrey, England
  • Aram Chaos, an impact crater on the planet Mars
  • Buyut Aram, a village in Dhofar Governorate, in southwestern Oman

See also [edit]