Arras (disambiguation)
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Arras is the capital of the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.
Arras may also refer to:
People and places
- Harry Arras (1881-1942), American character actor
- Wim Arras (born 1964), Belgian cyclist
- Arras, Albania, a municipality in eastern Albania
Other
- Battle of Arras (disambiguation), several battles of that name
- Arras Culture, an archaeological culture of the British Iron Age
- HMCS Arras, a Battle class trawler
- A hanging tapestry, known chiefly for the one behind which Polonius hides in Gertrude's closet scene, in Shakespeare's Hamlet (Act III, Scene iv)
- Las arras - In Hispanic weddings, the thirteen coins presented to the bride by the groom, to symbolize the groom's commitment to 'provide' for his bride and make his wealth hers
See also
- d'Arras, a French surname
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