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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 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 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
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 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
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
- Tallinna FC Ararat, Tallinn, Estonia
- 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 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.