ARPA

Arpa or ARPA may refer to:

Given name

• Arpa Ke'un (died 1336), Ilkhan during the disintegration of the Mongol state in Persia

Surname

• José Arpa (1858–1952), Spanish artist who worked in Spain, Mexico, and Texas
• Okay Arpa (born 1977), Turkish karateka
• Yvan Arpa, Swiss watch designer

Geographical names

• "Arpa", the former name of Areni, a village in Armenia
• "Arpa", another name for Arpi, Armenia, a town
• Arpa (river), in Armenia
• Arpa, Turkish for Akhurian River in Turkey and Armenia
• Arpa Darreh, a village in Iran
• Arpa Valley, a high-altitude valley in Kyrgyzstan

Music

• Arpa d'Eolo, a musical instrument
• Arpa jarocha, a Mexican harp used in conjunto jarocho music
• Rinaldo dall'Arpa (died 1603), Italian composer, singer, and harpist

As an acronym

• ARPA, the Advanced Research Projects Agency, renamed the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in 1972
• ARPA-E, the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, an agency created in 2007 within the US Department of Energy
• .arpa (address and routing parameter area), a top-level domain in the Domain Name System of the Internet
• ARPA, Aerolíneas Paraguayas, a former Paraguayan airline
• ARPA, Agenzie Regionali per la Protezione Ambientale, the Italian Regional Environmental Protection Agency
• ARPA, Amazon Region Protected Areas Program, an initiative to expand protection of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil
• ARPA, Analysis Research Planning for Armenia, a non-profit organization that promotes collaboration between Armenia and the US in education and research
• ARPA, Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979, a federal law of the United States
• ARPA, Automatic radar plotting aid, a capability of some marine radar systems
• ARPA, Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984 (amended 1990)

Other uses

• Arpa Yeghegnadzor, an inactive Armenian football club
• Arpa şehriye, Turkish for orzo (pasta)

See also

• Arpa Chai (disambiguation)