Aris or ARIS may refer to:

People

Aris (surname) Aris is a surname. Notable people with the name include: *Alexander Aris (born 1973), civil rights activist of British and Burmese descent *Ben Aris (1937–2003), English actor *Ernest Aris (1882–1963) (also known as Robin A Hood and Dan Crow), A ...

Given name

* Aris Alexandrou, Greek writer * Aris Brimanis, ice hockey player *

Aris Christofellis Aris Christofellis (; born 5 February 1960) is a Greek sopranist (male soprano singer) and musicologist. Life and career Aris Christofellis was born in Athens. After studying piano in Athens and Paris with several teachers including the famous p ...

, Greek male soprano * Aris Gavelas, Greek sprinter * Aris Konstantinidis, Greek architect *

Aris Maliagros Aris Maliagros (; also Aris Malliagros; 17 August 1895 in Argostoli, Kefalonia – 18 December 1984) was a Greece, Greek actor who played several aristocratic roles. He was famous as the "master with the monocle". Biography Maliagros studied at ...

, Greek actor * Aris Poulianos (1924–2021), Greek anthropologist and archaeologist * Aris Spiliotopoulos (born 1966), Greek politician * Aris Tatarounis (born 1989), Greek basketball player *

Aris Velouchiotis Athanasios Klaras (; August 27, 1905 – June 15, 1945), better known by the ''nom de guerre'' Aris Velouchiotis (), was a Greek journalist, politician, member of the Communist Party of Greece, the most prominent leader and chief instigator of th ...

(1905–1945), Greek guerrilla fighter in the 1940s * Aris Xevghenis (born 1981), Greek footballer

Fictional characters

* Aris Kristatos, in the James Bond film ''For Your Eyes Only''

Places

* A settlement in the Windhoek Rural constituency of Namibia * Arış, Azerbaijan *

Aris, Bern Reichenbach im Kandertal () is a village and municipality in the Frutigen-Niedersimmental administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Until 1957 it was known as Reichenbach bei Frutigen. Besides the village of Reichenbach, the ...

, a village in the municipality of Reichenbach im Kandertal in the Swiss canton of Bern * Aris, Messenia, a municipality in Greece, next to a river by the same name

Sports clubs

* A Greek sports club in Thessaloniki,

Aris Thessaloniki Athlitikos Syllogos Aris Thessalonikis, means Athletic Club Aris Thessaloniki (), is a major Greece, Greek multi-sport club founded on 25 March 1914 in Thessaloniki. Nicknamed ''God of War'', Aris was one of the strongest Greek clubs during t ...

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Aris F.C. (Thessaloniki) Aris FC () , commonly known as Aris Thessaloniki or simply Aris, is a Greek professional Association football, football club and the most successful and prestigious of the city Thessaloniki, Macedonia (Greece), Macedonia, Greece. The team compe ...

, a football club ** Aris B.C., a basketball club ** Aris Volleyball Club, a volleyball club **

Aris Water Polo Club Aris Thessaloniki Water Polo Club is a Water Polo Club from Thessaloniki, Greece, part of A.S. Aris Thessaloniki multi-sport club. Aris currently participates in the second division, but it is the 4th most successful team in championship titl ...

, a water polo club **

Aris Baseball Club Aris Thessaloniki Baseball Club is a baseball club based in Thessaloniki, Greece; it is owned by one of the biggest sports clubs in Greece, Aris Thessaloniki. The club was established in 2002 and is the only major baseball club in Macedonia and o ...

, a baseball club **

Aris Thessaloniki Ice Hockey Club Aris Thessaloniki Ice Hockey Club is an ice hockey team in Thessaloniki, Greece. They play in the Greek Ice Hockey Championship. They were founded in 1985 and initially known as ''Thessaloniki Penguins''. History The team was founded in 1985 ...

, an ice hockey club *

Aris Limassol Aris Limassol (Greek: ''Άρης Λεμεσού'') is a professional Cypriot football club based in Limassol and one of the founder members of Cyprus Football Association. The club's colours are green, black and white, and their home is the A ...

, a Cypriot football club in Limassol *

FC Aris Bonnevoie FC Aris Bonnevoie was a football club, based in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It is now a part of Racing FC Union Luxembourg. History Founded in 1922, Aris peaked in the 1960s and 1970s, when it won silverware and represented Luxemb ...

was a football club, based in

Luxembourg City Luxembourg (; ; ), also known as Luxembourg City ( or ; ; or ), is the capital city of Luxembourg and the Communes of Luxembourg, country's most populous commune. Standing at the confluence of the Alzette and Pétrusse rivers in southern Luxe ...

South Springvale SC South Springvale FC is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in Springvale, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. The club was formed by local Greek Australians in 1968, as 'Sandown Dynamo'. The club currently competes in the Victorian ...

, an Australian semi-professional soccer club, nicknamed Aris

Other uses

* A common nickname for several common Greek given names, such as

Aristotle Aristotle (; 384–322 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosophy, Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath. His writings cover a broad range of subjects spanning the natural sciences, philosophy, linguistics, economics, politics, psychology, a ...

Aristides Aristides ( ; , ; 530–468 BC) was an ancient Athenian statesman. Nicknamed "the Just" (δίκαιος, ''díkaios''), he flourished at the beginning of Athens' Classical period and is remembered for his generalship in the Persian War. ...

Aristomenes Aristomenes () was a king of Messenia, celebrated for his struggle with the Spartans in the Second Messenian War (685–668 BC), and his resistance to them on Mount Eira for 11 years. At length the mountain fell to the enemy, while he escaped ...

, etc. *

Ares Ares (; , ''Árēs'' ) is the List of Greek deities, Greek god of war god, war and courage. He is one of the Twelve Olympians, and the son of Zeus and Hera. The Greeks were ambivalent towards him. He embodies the physical valor necessary for ...

, god in Greek mythology; also a Greek given name * Architecture of Integrated Information Systems (ARIS), a method for analyzing processes * ARIS Express, a freeware software tool from IDS Scheer AG based on the Architecture of Integrated Information Systems concept * Arris, an architectural term for a sharp edge * Anti-Racism Information Service (ARIS THERMIS) in Geneva, Switzerland *

American Religious Identification Survey The Institute for the Study of Secularism in Society and Culture (ISSSC) is located at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. ISSSC was established in 2005 to advance the understanding of the role of secular values and the process of secular ...

(ARIS) * Advanced Research Instrumentation Ship, two radar ships (the ''H.H. Arnold'' and the ''H.S. Vandenberg'') of the U.S. Air Force which replaced the USAS ''American Mariner'' * Swiss Academic Spaceflight Initiative (German: ''Akademische Raumfahrt Initiative Schweiz''), a research program at

ETH Zurich ETH Zurich (; ) is a public university in Zurich, Switzerland. Founded in 1854 with the stated mission to educate engineers and scientists, the university focuses primarily on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. ETH Zurich ran ...

, Switzerland * Airis Computer Corporation, a defunct mail-order computer company * VSmart Aris a

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