Ararat

Ararat or in Western Armenian Ararad may refer to:

Personal names

• Ararat (Armenian: Արարատ), a common first name for Armenian males (pronounced Ararad in Western Armenian)
• Ararat / Araratian, a common family name for Armenians (pronounced Ararad, Araradian in Western Armenian)

Places

Armenian Highland

• Mount Ararat, a dormant volcanic cone in Turkey
• Little Ararat, the sixth tallest peak in Turkey
• 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

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, City of Refuge, An attempt by Mordecai Manuel Noah to create a Jewish homeland; a significant event in the history of Zionism.

Media

• Ararad (daily), Armenian language newspaper in Lebanon
• Ararat Quarterly, international quarterly of literature, history and culture published in New York City
• Ararat (book), 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

Associations

• Ararat Center for Strategic Research, academic
• Ararat Chapter, Chicago chapter of Armenian Youth Federation
• Ararat Chapter, Glendale chapter of Homenetmen

Sports

Football clubs

• 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)

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 Asian metal band Orphaned Land
• Ararat (brandy), a brandy from Armenia
• 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