Arad or ARAD may refer to:
People
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Arad (given name)
Arad is a masculine given name. People with the name include:
* Arad Simon Lakin (1810–1890), American minister, and university president
* Arad McCutchan (1912–1993), American college basketball coach
* Arad Sawat (born 1975), Israeli film ...
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Arad (surname) Arad (אָרַד) is a surname from the Hebrew word for bronze. Notable people with the surname include:
* Atar Arad (born 1945), Israeli-American violist; older brother to Ron
* Avi Arad (born 1948), Israeli-American businessperson; current CEO ...
Places and jurisdictions
Bahrain
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Arad, Bahrain
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Arad () is a town in Bahrain, located on Muharraq Island. It was originally a small farming village inhabited by Baharna Shia, but later expanded to include new middle-class housing, which brought with it a large Sunni population. As of ...
, a village in Al Muharraq Governorate
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Arad Fort
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Arad Fort (, ''Qal'at 'Arad'') is a 15th-century fort in Arad, Bahrain, Arad, Bahrain. Formerly guarding a separate island of its own, the fort and its surroundings have since been joined to Muharraq Island.
Arad Fort was built in the t ...
, located on Arad shore
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Arad Island
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Arad () is a town in Bahrain, located on Muharraq Island. It was originally a small farming village inhabited by Baharna Shia, but later expanded to include new middle-class housing, which brought with it a large Sunni population. As of ...
, a former member of the Bahrain Islands, now joined Muharraq
Iran
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Arad, Iran
Arad () is a city in, and the capital of, Arad District of Gerash County, Fars province, Iran. It also serves as the administrative center for Arad Rural District.
The outskirts of the city include many farming areas and dry open land. A ...
, a city in Fars Province, Iran
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Arad District, an administrative subdivision of Fars Province
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Arad Rural District, an administrative subdivision of Fars Province
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Arad General Hospital in Tehran, Iran
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Arad, Tehran, a village in Tehran Province, Iran
Israel
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Arad, Israel
Arad ( ) is a city in the Southern District of Israel. It is located on the border of the Negev and the Judaean deserts, west of the Dead Sea and east of Beersheba. The city is home to a diverse population of in , including Ashkenazi and Se ...
, a city in Israel
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Tel Arad
Tel Arad () or Tell 'Arad () is an archaeological site consisting of a lower section and a Tell (archaeology), tell or mound, located west of the Dead Sea, about west of the Israeli city of Arad, Israel, Arad in an area surrounded by mountain r ...
, the remains of the ancient city of Arad
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Tel Arad, Israel, unrecognised Bedouin village near the ancient site
Jordan
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Arad (see), an ancient city and bishopric in (Trans-)Jordan, near Tell 'Arad, now a Latin Catholic titular see
Romania
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Arad, Romania
Arad () is the capital city of Arad County, at the edge of Crișana and Banat. No villages are administered by the city. It is the third largest city in Western Romania, behind Timișoara and Oradea, and the List of cities and towns in Romania, 1 ...
, the main city of Arad County
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Arad County
Arad County () is an administrative division ( județ) of Romania roughly translated into county in the western part of the country on the border with Hungary, mostly in the region of Crișana and few villages in Banat. The administrative cente ...
, at the western edge of Transylvania (Crişana-Banat), Romania
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Arad County (former)
Arad County was an administrative unit in the Kingdom of Hungary, the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom and the Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711), Principality of Transylvania. The County (Kingdom of Hungary), county was established along the ...
, a historical county, first Kingdom of Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire, later in Romania
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Arad Region, an administrative division of the People's Republic of Romania 1950–1956
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Archdiocese of Arad, an episcopal see of the Romanian Orthodox Church
Other uses
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ARAD (Sumerogram), a letter in Sumerian cuneiform
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CFR Arad, a Romanian football club 1921–1985
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F.C. Arad, an Israeli football club
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IWI ARAD, an Israeli assault rifle
* abbreviation of
attoradian (arad), a unit of angle
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