Ararat

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Ararat or in Western Armenian Ararad may refer to:

Personal names[edit]

  • Ararat (Armenian: Արարատ), a common first name for Armenian males (pronounced Ararad in Western Armenian)
  • Ararat or Araratian, a common family name for Armenians (pronounced Ararad, Araradian in Western Armenian). See Araratyan
  • Mem Ararat, a Kurdish singer, songwriter, and composer from Turkey.

Places[edit]

Armenian Highland[edit]

United States[edit]

Australia[edit]

History[edit]

Associations[edit]

Business and economy[edit]

Media[edit]

Religion[edit]

  • Araratian Pontifical Diocese, the biggest diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church with jurisdiction including the Armenian capital Yerevan and the Araradian Province

Sports[edit]

Football clubs
Others

Other[edit]

  • 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 from 1947 until 1965
  • Ararat, a fictional planet in the p Eridani solar system, in the book Absolution Gap by Alastair Reynolds