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Ararat or in
Western Armenian Western Armenian ( ) is one of the two standardized forms of Modern Armenian, the other being Eastern Armenian. It is based mainly on the Istanbul Armenian dialect, as opposed to Eastern Armenian, which is mainly based on the Yerevan Arme ...
Ararad may refer to:


Personal names

* Ararat (), a common male first name for Armenians (pronounced Ararad in Western Armenian) * Ararat or Araratian, a common family name for
Armenians Armenians (, ) are an ethnic group indigenous to the Armenian highlands of West Asia.Robert Hewsen, Hewsen, Robert H. "The Geography of Armenia" in ''The Armenian People From Ancient to Modern Times Volume I: The Dynastic Periods: From Antiq ...
(pronounced Ararad, Araradian in Western Armenian). See Araratyan * Mem Ararat, a Kurdish singer, songwriter, and composer from Turkey.


Places


Armenian Highland

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Mount Ararat Mount Ararat, also known as Masis or Mount Ağrı, is a snow-capped and dormant compound volcano in Eastern Turkey, easternmost Turkey. It consists of two major volcanic cones: Greater Ararat and Little Ararat. Greater Ararat is the highest p ...
, a mountain and a dormant volcanic cone in Turkey ** Greater Ararat, the tallest peak in Turkey, part of Mount Ararat **
Little Ararat Little Ararat (; ; ) is the sixth-tallest peak and a stratovolcano in Turkey. It is a large satellite cone located on the eastern flank of the massive Mount Ararat, less than west of Turkey’s border with Iran. Despite being dwarfed by its ...
, the sixth tallest peak in Turkey, part of Mount Ararat * Ararat plain, along the Arax River, in Armenia *
Ararat Province Ararat (, ) is a administrative divisions of Armenia, province (''marz (territorial entity), marz'') of Armenia. Its capital and largest city is the town of Artashat, Armenia, Artashat. The province is named after the biblical Mount Ararat. It i ...
, Armenia **
Ararat, Armenia Ararat () is a town in the Ararat Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia, located on the Yerevan- Nakhchivan highway, southeast of the capital Yerevan and south of the provincial centre Artashat. In the 2011 census, the population of ...
, a city in Ararat Province **
Ararat (village), Armenia Ararat () is a village in the Ararat Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia, located 14 km south of the provincial centre Artashat. In the 2011 census, the village had a population of 7,609. It hosted to the first CYMA – Canadian Yout ...
, a village in Ararat Province *
Ayrarat Ayrarat () was the central province of the ancient kingdom of Armenia, located in the plain of the upper Aras River. Most of the historical capitals of Armenia were located in this province, including Armavir, Yervandashat, Artashat, Vagharsha ...
, a historical province of Armenia


United States

* Ararat, North Carolina, an unincorporated community * Ararat, Virginia, an unincorporated community * Ararat Township, Pennsylvania * Mount Ararat (Pennsylvania), the highest point in Wayne County, Pennsylvania *
Ararat River The Ararat River is a tributary of the Yadkin River in southwestern Virginia and northwestern North Carolina in the United States.DeLorme (2001). ''North Carolina Atlas & Gazetteer''. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. Via the Yadkin it is part of t ...
, in Virginia and North Carolina


Australia

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Ararat, Victoria Ararat () is a town in the Central Highlands (Victoria), Central Highlands region in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, about west of Melbourne, on the Western Highway, Victoria, Western Highway on the eastern slopes of the Ararat Hills ...
, Australia **
Ararat Airport Ararat Airport is south-west of Ararat, Victoria, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the islan ...
, an airport 5 km south of Ararat, Victoria, Australia ** Aradale Mental Hospital, also known as the Ararat Asylum **
Ararat V/Line rail service The Ballarat line is a regional passenger rail service operated by V/Line in Victoria, Australia. It serves 13 stations towards its terminus in Ballarat's western suburb of Wendouree via Melton and Bacchus Marsh. Services are operated p ...
, a regional passenger rail service operated by V/Line in Victoria, Australia **
Ararat railway station Ararat railway station is located on the Ararat and Western standard gauge lines in Victoria, Australia. It serves the town of Ararat, and opened on 7 April 1875. The station is the terminus of the broad gauge line from Southern Cross in M ...
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HM Prison Ararat Hopkins Correctional Centre is an Australian medium security protection prison for males, located in Ararat, Victoria, approximately west of Melbourne. The centre is operated by Corrections Victoria, part of the Department of Justice of the ...
, in Ararat, Victoria, Australia *
Rural City of Ararat The Rural City of Ararat is an Australian local government area located in the western part of the state of Victoria. It covers an area of and in the 2021 had a population of 11,880. The area includes the towns of Ararat, Armstrong, Dunne ...
, south-west Victoria, Australia **
City of Ararat The City of Ararat was a Local government in Australia, local government area about west-northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. It existed from 1858 until 1994. Headquartered in Ararat, Victoria ...
, a former local government area west-northwest of Melbourne **
Shire of Ararat The Shire of Ararat was a local government area about west-northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1861 until 1994. The shire did not cover the town of Ararat, which wa ...
, a former local government area about 200 kilometres (124 mi) west-northwest of Melbourne


History

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Mountains of Ararat In the Book of Genesis, the mountains of Ararat (Biblical Hebrew , Tiberian ', Septuagint: ) is the term used to designate the region in which Noah's Ark comes to rest after the Great Flood. It corresponds to the ancient Assyrian term Urartu ...
, referred to in the Bible *Kingdom of Ararat, a variant name of the Iron Age kingdom of
Urartu Urartu was an Iron Age kingdom centered around the Armenian highlands between Lake Van, Lake Urmia, and Lake Sevan. The territory of the ancient kingdom of Urartu extended over the modern frontiers of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Armenia.Kleiss, Wo ...
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Republic of Ararat The Republic of Ararat, also known as the Kurdish Republic of Ararat,Abbas Vali, ''Essays on the origins of Kurdish nationalism'', Mazda Publishers, 2003, p. 199./ref> was a self-proclaimed Kurdish people, Kurdish state from 1927 to 1931. It w ...
, a breakaway Kurdish state, 1927 to 1931 **
Ararat rebellion The Ararat rebellion, also known as the Ağrı rebellion ( or ''Ağrı isyanı''), was a 1930 uprising of the Kurds of Ağrı Province, in eastern Turkey, against the Turkish government. The leader of the guerrilla forces during the rebellion ...
, 1930 uprising of the Kurds of Agn Province in Turkish Kurdistan against the Turkish Government *
Ararat, City of Refuge Ararat, established as a city of refuge for the Jewish nation, was founded in 1825 by New York politician and playwright Mordecai Manuel Noah, who purchased most of Grand Island, a island near Buffalo, New York. It failed to be a Jewish city. ...
, An attempt by
Mordecai Manuel Noah Mordecai Manuel Noah (July 14, 1785, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – May 22, 1851, New York City, New York, New York State, New York) was an American sheriff, playwright, diplomat, journalist, and utopian. He was born in a family of mixed Ashkena ...
to create a Jewish homeland; a significant event in the history of Zionism.


Associations

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Ararat Center for Strategic Research The Ararat Center for Strategic Research () was an Armenian think tank that focuses on security issues. Located in Yerevan, Armenia, it was founded in August 2006 and is led by Yerevan-based historian and political scientist Armen Ayvazyan. It co ...
, academic research center and Armenian think tank on security issues *Ararat Chapter, the Chicago chapter of the
Armenian Youth Federation The Armenian Youth Federation (AYF) () is the youth organization of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation. Founded in 1933, the AYF became a global Armenian organization and stands on five pillars that guide its activities: Educational, Hai Tahd ...


Business and economy

* Ararat (brandy), a brandy in Armenia *
Ararat International Airlines Ararat International Airlines was an airline headquartered in Yerevan, Armenia and based at the city's Zvartnots International Airport. The company (the name of which is derived from Mount Ararat) was founded in 2010. Fleet In January 2013, th ...
, now defunct Armenian airline company founded in 2010 and ceased operations in 2013.


Media

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Ararat Quarterly ''Ararat Quarterly'' (1959–2008) was an international quarterly of literature, history, popular culture and the arts published in English The quarterly was published by the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) in New York New York most ...
'', 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 by D.M. Thomas * ''Ararat'' (film), a 2002 film directed by Atom Egoyan *'' Passage to Ararat'', a book by Michael J. Arlen *Ararat, a planet colonized by refugees of Resurgam in the
Revelation Space ''Revelation Space'' is a 2000 science fiction novel by Welsh author Alastair Reynolds. It was the first novel (but not first published work of fiction) set in Reynolds's Revelation Space universe, eponymous universe. The novel reflects Reynolds ...
series by
Alastair Reynolds Alastair Preston Reynolds (born 13 March 1966) is a Welsh science fiction author. He specialises in hard science fiction and space opera. Early life Reynolds was born in Wales and spent his early years in Cornwall before moving back to Wales, ...
* Ararat (novel), a 2017 novel by
Christopher Golden Christopher Golden (born July 15, 1967) is an American writer. Early life Golden was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his family. He graduated from Tufts University. Career As well as novels, Golden has written com ...
* ''Ararad'' (daily), Armenian language newspaper in Lebanon


Religion

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Araratian Pontifical Diocese Araratian Pontifical Diocese ( ''Araratyan Hayrapetakan t'em'') is the largest diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church and one of the oldest dioceses in the world, covering the city of Yerevan and the Ararat Province within Armenia. History The ...
, 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 Ararat Sport Club () is an Iraqi football team based in Erbil, that plays in Iraqi First Division League. History in Premier League Ararat team played in the Iraqi Premier League for the first time in the 2005–06 season, and the team was not ...
, Erbil, Iraq * FC Ararat-Armenia Yerevan, Yerevan, Armenia *
FC Ararat Yerevan Football Club Ararat Yerevan (), commonly known as Ararat Yerevan, is an Armenia, Armenian professional Association football, football club based in Yerevan that plays in the Armenian Premier League. Since 1999 the club has been owned by the Sw ...
, Yerevan, Armenia *
FC Ararat Moscow FC Ararat Moscow (, ) was a Russian association football, football team based in Moscow that represented the Armenians in Russia, Armenian diaspora in Russia. It was founded in 2017 and joined the Russian Professional Football League replacing FC ...
, 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 Ararat Tehran Basketball Club is an Iranian professional basketball club based in Tehran, Iran. Tournament records Iranian Basketball Super League, Iranian Super League * Iranian Basketball Super League 2007–08, 2007–08: 9th place * Iranian ...
, an Iranian basketball club based in Tehran, Iran * Ararad Sports Association, Lebanese Armenian sports association


Other uses

* 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 the Israeli metal band Orphaned Land *Ararat, a fictional town in Hungary, a hometown of Dukay family, in the books written by
Lajos Zilahy Lajos Zilahy (27 March 1891 − 1 December 1974) was a Hungarian novelist and playwright. Born in Salonta, Nagyszalonta, Austria-Hungary (now Salonta, Romania), he studied law at the University of Budapest before serving in the Austro-Hungarian ...
from 1947 until 1965 *Ararat, a fictional planet in the p Eridani solar system, in the book '' Absolution Gap'' by Alastair Reynolds {{disambiguation, geo