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Aras (river) The Aras is a transboundary river in the Caucasus. It rises in eastern Turkey and flows along the borders between Turkey and Armenia, between Turkey and the Nakhchivan exclave of Azerbaijan, between Iran and both Azerbaijan and Armenia, and, fin ...

, a river that starts in Turkey and flows through Caucasia (borders Iran with Azerbaijan and Armenia) **

Aras Dam The Aras Dam (; ) is an embankment dam on the Aras River along the border of Iran and Azerbaijan. It is located downstream of Poldasht in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran and Nakhchivan City in Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Azerbaijan. The prima ...

, on the Aras River * Aras, Iran, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran *

Aras District Aras District () is in Poldasht County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Nazok-e Olya. History After the 2006 National Census, Poldasht District was separated from Maku County Maku County () is in West Aze ...

, an administrative subdivision of Iran * Aras Free Zone, an industrial Zone situated in north-west of Iran * Aras, Navarre, a municipality in the autonomous community of Navarre (Navarra), Spain * Aras, Horasan, Turkey *

Republic of Aras The Republic of Aras (; also known as the Republic of Araks or the Araxi Republic) was a short-lived and unrecognized state in the South Caucasus, roughly corresponding to the modern Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. Named after the A ...

, a short-lived and unrecognized republic taking its name from the aforementioned river *

Årås Årås is the administrative centre of Austrheim municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located in the central part of the island of Fosnøyna, about northeast of the village of Austrheim. The village has a population (2019) o ...

, the administrative centre of Austrheim municipality in Vestland county, Norway *

Ərəş Ərəş ( ''Areš'') is a village and municipality in the Yevlakh Rayon of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of Wes ...

, a village in Azerbaijan

People

Aras (name) Aras is a masculine Turkish given name and surname. Rooted in old Turkic origins, the name Aras is associated with meanings such as "someone who takes responsibility" or "one who protects and cares deeply for what they value". It is often linke ...

, list of people with the name

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ARAS (Lithuania) The ARAS, formally Lithuanian Police Anti-terrorist Operations Unit ARAS (), is the police tactical unit of the Lithuanian Police Force, established in 1991. History ARAS's initial purpose was to suppress organized crime groups that were oper ...

, a Lithuanian Police special operations unit *

Aras (mythology) In Greek mythology, Aras (Ancient Greek: Ἄραντά or Ἄραντός ) was an autochthon who was believed to have built Arantea, the most ancient town in Phliasia, Peloponnese. Family Aras had a son named Aoris, and a daughter called ...

, an autochthon in Greek mythology, father of Araethyrea and Aoris *

Aras Corp Aras Corporation is an American developer and publisher of product development software, Aras Innovator. The product is used for product lifecycle management (PLM) and other purposes. Since 2007, Aras has been providing Aras Innovator for free ...

, an American developer and publisher of product development software *

Aras Green Economic Dawn Aras Green Economic Dawn (abbreviated AGED or Aras GED) is a private consulting and trade company based in Aras, Iran. The notability of the company comes from its trade and management of commercial genetically modified forests in Iran and for comm ...

(Aras GED), an Iranian industrial and environmental business consortium *

Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism The Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism (ARAS) is an encyclopedic collection of archetypal images consisting of photographs of works of art, ritual images, and artifacts of sacred traditions and contemporary art from around the world. Th ...

Ascending reticular activating system The reticular formation is a set of interconnected nuclei in the brainstem that spans from the lower end of the medulla oblongata to the upper end of the midbrain. The neurons of the reticular formation make up a complex set of neural networks ...

, in neuroanatomy *

Atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis Renal artery stenosis (RAS) is the narrowing of one or both of the renal arteries, most often caused by atherosclerosis or fibromuscular dysplasia. This narrowing of the renal artery can impede blood flow to the target kidney, resulting in ren ...

, a kidney disease * Left Anti-capitalist Group or ARAS, a political party in Greece

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