Ararat

Contents 1 Places 1.1 Armenian Highland 1.2 United States 1.3 Australia 2 History 3 Media 4 Associations 5 Sports 6 Other

Ararat may refer to:

• 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 snow-capped, dormant volcanic cone in Turkey
• Little Ararat, the sixth tallest peak in modern 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 Township, Pennsylvania
• Mount Ararat (Pennsylvania), the highest point in Wayne County, Pennsylvania
• Ararat River in Virginia and North Carolina
• Ararat, City of Refuge, an early 19th century plan by Mordecai Manuel Noah for a Jewish homeland at Grand Island, New York

Australia

• Ararat, Victoria, Australia
  • Ararat Airport, an airport located 5 km south Ararat, Victoria, Australia on the Western Highway
  • Aradale Mental Hospital aka Ararat Asylum
  • Ararat V/Line rail service, a regional passenger rail service operated by V/Line in Victoria, Australia
  • HM Prison Ararat, located in Ararat, Victoria, Australia
• Rural City of Ararat, south-west Victoria, Australia
  • City of Ararat, a Local Government Area located west-northwest of Melbourne
  • Shire of Ararat, a Local Government Area located about 200 kilometres (124 mi) west-northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia

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
• Culture of Ararat, homogenizing influence of Ararat on many distant nations greatly influenced by the cultural heritage of the Kingdom of Ararat

Media

• Ararad (daily), Armenian language newspaper in Lebanon
• Ararat: A Searchlight on Armenia, journal published in London (19th century)
• Ararat Quarterly, international quarterly of literature, history and culture published in New York, New York
• Ararat (film), a 2002 film directed by Atom Egoyan
• A Girl From Ararat Valley, a 1949 Soviet Armenian film
• Passage to Ararat, a book by Michael J. Arlen

Associations

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

Sports

• Ararat Stadium, Tehran, Iran
• FC Ararat Yerevan, Yerevan, Armenia
• F.C. Ararat Tehran, Tehran, Iran
• Ararat Kayaking Club, Lahore, Pakistan
• FC Araks Ararat, Ararat, Armenia (originally FC Ararat)
• Ararat Tehran Basketball Club, an Iranian basketball club based in Tehran, Iran

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

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