Ararat or in Western Armenian Ararad may refer to:
Personal names
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Ararat (), a common male first name for Armenians (pronounced Ararad in Western Armenian)
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Ararat or Araratian, a common family name for Armenian people (pronounced Ararad, Araradian in Western Armenian). See Araratyan
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Mem Ararat, a Kurdish singer, songwriter, and composer from Turkey.
Places
Armenian Highland
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Mount Ararat, a mountain and a dormant volcanic cone in Turkey
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Ararat plain, along the Arax River, in Armenia
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Ararat Province, Armenia
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Ararat, Armenia, a city in Ararat Province
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Ararat (village), Armenia, a village in Ararat Province
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Ayrarat, a historical province of Armenia
United States
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Ararat, North Carolina, an unincorporated community
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Ararat, Virginia, an unincorporated community
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Ararat Township, Pennsylvania
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Mount Ararat (Pennsylvania), the highest point in Wayne County, Pennsylvania
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Ararat River, in Virginia and North Carolina
Australia
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Ararat, Victoria, Australia
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Ararat Airport, an airport 5 km south of Ararat, Victoria, Australia
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Aradale Mental Hospital, also known as the Ararat Asylum
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Ararat V/Line rail service, a regional passenger rail service operated by V/Line in Victoria, Australia
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Ararat railway station
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HM Prison Ararat, in Ararat, Victoria, Australia
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Rural City of Ararat, south-west Victoria, Australia
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City of Ararat, a former local government area west-northwest of Melbourne
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Shire of Ararat, a former local government area about 200 kilometres (124 mi) west-northwest of Melbourne
History
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Mountains of Ararat, referred to in the Bible
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Kingdom of Ararat, a variant name of the Iron Age kingdom of Urartu
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Republic of Ararat, a breakaway Kurdish state, 1927 to 1931
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Ararat rebellion, 1930 uprising of the Kurds of Agn Province in Turkish Kurdistan against the Turkish Government
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Ararat, City of Refuge, An attempt by Mordecai Manuel Noah to create a Jewish homeland; a significant event in the history of Zionism.
Associations
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Ararat Center for Strategic Research, academic research center and Armenian think tank on security issues
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Ararat Chapter, the Chicago chapter of the Armenian Youth Federation
Business and economy
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Ararat (brandy), a brandy in Armenia
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Ararat International Airlines, now defunct Armenian airline company founded in 2010 and ceased operations in 2013.
Media
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Ararat Quarterly, international quarterly of literature, history and culture published in New York City
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Der Ararat, German arts magazine published between 1918 and 1921
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Ararat, a 1983 novel by D.M. Thomas
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Ararat (film), a 2002 film directed by Atom Egoyan
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Passage to Ararat, a book by Michael J. Arlen
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Ararat, a planet colonized by refugees of Resurgam in the Revelation Space series by Alastair Reynolds
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Ararat (novel), a 2017 novel by Christopher Golden
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Ararad (daily), Armenian language newspaper in Lebanon
Religion
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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
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Ararat SC, Erbil, Iraq
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FC Ararat-Armenia Yerevan, Yerevan, Armenia
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FC Ararat Yerevan, Yerevan, Armenia
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FC Ararat Moscow, Moscow, Russia
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F.C. Ararat Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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FC Ararat Tallinn, Tallinn, Estonia
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ASA Issy, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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FC Araks Ararat, Ararat, Armenia (originally FC Ararat)
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Ararad SC, or Ararad Sports Association, Lebanese Armenian sports and cultural organization
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Ararat Stadium, Tehran, Iran
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Ararat Tehran BC, an Iranian basketball club based in Tehran, Iran
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Ararad Sports Association, Lebanese Armenian sports association
Other uses
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Ararat anomaly, object appearing on photographs near the summit of Mount Ararat
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96205 Ararat, an asteroid named after the mountain
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HMAS Ararat, the name of two ships in the Royal Australian Navy
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Ararat (EP), an EP by the Israeli metal band Orphaned Land
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Ararat, a fictional town in Hungary, a hometown of Dukay family, in the books written by Lajos Zilahy from 1947 until 1965
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Ararat, a fictional planet in the p Eridani solar system, in the book Absolution Gap by Alastair Reynolds
