Ararat

Ararator inWestern ArmenianAraradmay refer to:

Personal names

• Ararat (Armenian:Արարատ), a common male first name for Armenians (pronounced Ararad in Western Armenian)
• Ararat or Araratian, a common family name forArmenians(pronounced Ararad, Araradian in Western Armenian). SeeAraratyan
• Mem Ararat,a Kurdish singer, songwriter, and composer from Turkey.

Places

Armenian Highland

• Mount Ararat,a mountain and a dormant volcanic cone in Turkey
  • Greater Ararat,the tallest peak in Turkey, part of Mount Ararat
  • Little Ararat,the sixth tallest peak in Turkey, part of Mount Ararat
• 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 Riverin 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
  • Ararat railway station
  • 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 ofUrartu
• Republic of Ararat,a breakaway Kurdish state, 1927 to 1931
  • Ararat rebellion,1930 uprising of the Kurds of Agn Province in Turkish Kurdistan against the Turkish Government
• Ararat, City of Refuge,An attempt byMordecai Manuel Noahto create a Jewish homeland; a significant event in the history of Zionism.

Associations

• Ararat Center for Strategic Research,academic research center and Armenian think tank on security issues
• Ararat Chapter, the Chicago chapter of theArmenian Youth Federation

Business and economy

• Ararat (brandy),a brandy in Armenia
• Ararat International Airlines,now defunct Armenian airline company founded in 2010 and ceased operations in 2013.

Media

• Ararat Quarterly,international quarterly of literature, history and culture published in New York City
• Der Ararat,German arts magazine published between 1918 and 1921
• Ararat,a 1983 novel byD.M. Thomas
• Ararat(film),a 2002 film directed by Atom Egoyan
• Passage to Ararat,a book byMichael J. Arlen
• Ararat, a planet colonized by refugees of Resurgam in theRevelation Spaceseries byAlastair Reynolds
• Ararat (novel),a 2017 novel byChristopher Golden
• Ararad(daily),Armenian language newspaper in Lebanon

Religion

• 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

• Ararat SC,Erbil, Iraq
• FC Ararat-Armenia Yerevan,Yerevan, Armenia
• FC Ararat Yerevan,Yerevan, Armenia
• FC Ararat Moscow,Moscow, Russia
• F.C. Ararat Tehran,Tehran, Iran
• FC Ararat Tallinn,Tallinn, Estonia
• FC Ararat Issy,Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
• FC Araks Ararat,Ararat, Armenia (originally FC Ararat)
• Ararad SC,or Ararad Sports Association, Lebanese Armenian sports and cultural organization

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
• HMASArarat,the name of two ships in the Royal Australian Navy
• Ararat(EP),an EP by the Israeli metal band Orphaned Land
• Ararat, a fictional town in Hungary, a hometown of Dukay family, in the books written byLajos Zilahyfrom 1947 until 1965
• Ararat, a fictional planet in the p Eridani solar system, in the bookAbsolution Gapby Alastair Reynolds