Ararat

Ararat or in Western Armenian Ararad may refer to:

Personal names

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)

Mount Ararat, a dormant volcanic cone in Turkey
Little Ararat, the sixth tallest peak in Turkey
Ararat plain, along the Arax River, in Armenia
Ararat Province, Armenia
- Ararat, Armenia, a city in Ararat Province
- Ararat (village), Armenia, a village in Ararat Province
Ayrarat, a historical province of Armenia

Ararat, Victoria, Australia
- Ararat Airport, an airport 5 km south of Ararat, Victoria, Australia
- Aradale Mental Hospital, also known as the Ararat Asylum
- Ararat V/Line rail service, a regional passenger rail service operated by V/Line in Victoria, Australia
- HM Prison Ararat, in Ararat, Victoria, Australia
Rural City of Ararat, south-west Victoria, Australia
- City of Ararat, a former local government area west-northwest of Melbourne
- Shire of Ararat, a former local government area about 200 kilometres (124 mi) west-northwest of Melbourne

Mountains of Ararat, referred to in the Bible
Kingdom of Ararat, a variant name of the Iron Age kingdom of Urartu
Republic of Ararat, a breakaway Kurdish state, 1927 to 1931
Ararat, City of Refuge, An attempt by Mordecai Manuel Noah to create a Jewish homeland; a significant event in the history of Zionism.

Ararad (daily), Armenian language newspaper in Lebanon
Ararat Quarterly, 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 series by Alastair Reynolds

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 Asian metal band Orphaned Land
Ararat (brandy), a brandy from Armenia
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

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