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Western Armenian Western Armenian ( Classical spelling: , ) 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 base ...

Ararad may refer to:

Personal names

* Ararat ( hy, Արարատ), a common first name for Armenian males (pronounced Ararad in Western Armenian) * Ararat or Araratian, a common family name for

Armenians Armenians ( hy, հայեր, '' hayer'' ) are an ethnic group native to the Armenian highlands of Western Asia. Armenians constitute the main population of Armenia and the ''de facto'' independent Artsakh. There is a wide-ranging diasp ...

(pronounced Ararad, Araradian in Western Armenian). See Araratyan

Places

Armenian Highland

Mount Ararat Mount Ararat or , ''Ararat''; or is a snow-capped and dormant compound volcano in the extreme east of Turkey. It consists of two major volcanic cones: Greater Ararat and Little Ararat. Greater Ararat is the highest peak in Turkey and th ...

, 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 Ararat ( hy, Արարատ, ), is a province ('' marz'') of Armenia. Its capital and largest city is the town of Artashat. The province is named after the biblical Mount Ararat. It is bordered by Turkey from the west and Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan ...

, Armenia ** Ararat, Armenia, a city in Ararat Province ** Ararat (village), Armenia, a village in Ararat Province *

Ayrarat Ayrarat () was the central province of the kingdom of Armenia (antiquity), ancient kingdom Armenia, located in the plain of the upper Aras (river), Aras River. Most of the historical capitals of Armenia were located in this province, including Arm ...

, a historical province of Armenia

United States

Ararat, North Carolina Ararat is an unincorporated community in the Long Hill Township of Surry County, North Carolina, United States. Ararat is situated on, and is named for, the Ararat River . Ararat is along the former Atlantic & Yadkin Railway line from Mount Air ...

* Ararat, Virginia *

Ararat Township, Pennsylvania Ararat Township is a township in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 526 at the 2020 census. History Ararat Township was formed in 1852 from portions of Herrick, Thompson, and Gibson Twps. The Ararat Summit S ...

* 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 th ...

in Virginia and North Carolina

Australia

Ararat, Victoria Ararat (Djabwurrung language, Djabwurrung: ''Tallarambooroo'') is a city in south-west Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, about west of Melbourne, on the Western Highway, Victoria, Western Highway on the eastern slopes of the Ararat Hill ...

, Australia **

Ararat Airport Ararat Airport is south-west of Ararat, Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (my ...

, an airport 5 km south of Ararat, Victoria, Australia **

Aradale Mental Hospital Aradale Mental Hospital was an Australian psychiatric hospital, located in Ararat, a rural city in south-west Victoria, Australia. Originally known as Ararat Lunatic Asylum, Aradale and its two sister asylums at Kew and Beechworth were commiss ...

, also known as the Ararat Asylum **

Ararat V/Line rail service The Ballarat V/Line rail service is a regional passenger rail service operated by V/Line in Victoria, Australia. It serves passengers between state capital Melbourne and the regional city of Ballarat. Beyond Ballarat, it changes name to the A ...

, a regional passenger rail service operated by V/Line in Victoria, Australia ** HM Prison Ararat, in Ararat, Victoria, Australia *

Rural City of Ararat Ararat Rural City is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the western part of the state. It covers an area of and in June 2018 had a population of 11,795. It includes the towns of Ararat, Armstrong, Dunneworthy, Lake Bo ...

, south-west Victoria, Australia **

City of Ararat The City of Ararat was a local government area about west-northwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. It existed from 1858 until 1994. Headquartered in Ararat, Victoria, the city had jurisdiction over an area of , and by ...

, 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 was ...

, 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 Urartu (; Assyrian: ',Eberhard Schrader, ''The Cuneiform inscriptions and the Old Testament'' (1885), p. 65. Babylonian: ''Urashtu'', he, אֲרָרָט ''Ararat'') is a geographical region and Iron Age kingdom also known as the Kingdom of V ...

Republic of Ararat The Republic of Ararat, or Kurdish Republic of Ararat,Abbas Vali, ''Essays on the origins of Kurdish nationalism'', Mazda Publishers, 2003, p. 199./ref> ( ku, کۆماری ئارارات, translit=Komara Agiriyê and ku, Komara Araratê) was ...

, 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 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) was an American sheriff, playwright, diplomat, journalist, and utopian. He was born in a family of Portuguese Sephardic ancestry. He was the most import ...

to create a Jewish homeland; a significant event in the history of Zionism.

Associations

Ararat Center for Strategic Research The Ararat Center for Strategic Research ( hy, «Արարատ» Ռազմավարագիտական Կենտրոն) was an Armenian think tank that focuses on security issues. Located in Yerevan, Armenia, it was founded in August 2006 and is led by Y ...

, 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) ( hy, Հայ Երիտասարդական Դաշնակցութիւն) is the youth organization of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation. Founded in 1933, the AYF became a global Armenian organization and stands ...

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

* ''Ararad'' (daily), Armenian language newspaper in Lebanon *''

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 The Armenian General Benevolent Uni ...

'', 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 *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 eponymous universe. The novel reflects Reynolds's professional background ...

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. He spent his early years in Cornwall, moved back to Wales before going to Newcastle University, where he s ...

Religion

Araratian Pontifical Diocese Araratian Pontifical Diocese ( hy, Արարատյան Հայրապետական թեմ ''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 Yereva ...

, 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 Yerevan Football Club Ararat Yerevan ( hy, Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Արարատ Երևան), commonly known as Ararat Yerevan, is an Armenian football club based in Yerevan that plays in the Armenian Premier League. Since 1999, the club i ...

, Yerevan, Armenia * FC Ararat Moscow, Moscow, Russia *

F.C. Ararat Tehran FC Ararat ( fa, آرارات تهران, ''Ârarat Tehran'') is an Armenian diaspora football team based in Tehran, Iran who play in the Tehran Province League. Ararat football club is the football club of the multisport Ararat Club in Iran. ...

, Tehran, Iran * FC Ararat Tallinn, Tallinn, Estonia * FC Ararat-Moskva Yerevan, Yerevan, Armenia * 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 Ararat Stadium ( hy, Արարատ մարզադաշտ; fa, ورزشگاه آرارات) is a football stadium with 10,000 seats built in 1971 and located in the Ararat Sports Complex in the Vanak neighbourhood of Tehran, Iran. It is named aft ...

, 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

* 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 Nagyszalonta, Austria-Hungary (now Salonta, Romania), he studied law at the University of Budapest before serving in the Austro-Hungarian army du ...

from 1947 until 1965 *Ararat, a fictional planet in the p Eridani solar system, in the book ''

Absolution Gap ''Absolution Gap'' is a 2003 science fiction novel written by Welsh author Alastair Reynolds. It takes place in the ''Revelation Space'' universe and is a direct sequel to '' Redemption Ark''. Plot summary The plot of the novel takes place i ...

'' by Alastair Reynolds {{disambiguation, geo