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'''Ararat''' or in [[Western Armenian]] '''Ararad''' may refer to:
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==Personal names==
* Ararat ({{langx|hy|Արարատ|link=no}}), a common male first name for Armenians (pronounced Ararad in Western Armenian)
* Ararat or Araratian, a common family name for [[Armenian people|Armenians]] (pronounced Ararad, Araradian in Western Armenian). See [[Araratyan]]
* [[Mem Ararat]], a Kurdish singer, songwriter, and composer from Turkey.

==Places==

===Armenian Highland===
*[[Mount Ararat]], a mountain and a dormant volcanic cone in Turkey
**[[Greater Ararat]], the tallest peak in Turkey, part of Mount Ararat
**[[Little Ararat]], the sixth tallest peak in Turkey, part of Mount Ararat
*[[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

===United States===
*[[Ararat, North Carolina]], an unincorporated community
*[[Ararat, Virginia]], an unincorporated community
*[[Ararat Township, Pennsylvania]]
*[[Mount Ararat (Pennsylvania)]], the highest point in Wayne County, Pennsylvania
*[[Ararat River]], in Virginia and North Carolina

===Australia===
*[[Ararat, Victoria]], Australia
**[[Ararat Airport]], an airport 5&nbsp;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
**[[Ararat railway station]]
**[[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&nbsp;mi) west-northwest of Melbourne

==History==
*[[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 rebellion]], 1930 uprising of the Kurds of Agn Province in Turkish Kurdistan against the Turkish Government
*[[Ararat, City of Refuge]], An attempt by [[Mordecai Manuel Noah]] to create a Jewish homeland; a significant event in the history of Zionism.

==Associations==
*[[Ararat Center for Strategic Research]], academic research center and Armenian think tank on security issues
*Ararat Chapter, the Chicago chapter of the [[Armenian Youth Federation]]

==Business and economy==
*[[Ararat (brandy)]], a brandy in Armenia
*[[Ararat International Airlines]], now defunct Armenian airline company founded in 2010 and ceased operations in 2013.

==Media==
*''[[Ararat Quarterly]]'', international quarterly of literature, history and culture published in New York City
* ''[[Der Ararat]]'', German arts magazine published between 1918 and 1921
*''Ararat'', a 1983 novel by [[D.M. Thomas]]
*[[Ararat (film)|''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 (novel)]], a 2017 novel by [[Christopher Golden]]
*[[Ararad (daily)|''Ararad'' (daily)]], Armenian language newspaper in Lebanon

==Religion==
*[[Araratian Pontifical Diocese]], the biggest diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church with jurisdiction including the Armenian capital Yerevan and the Araradian Province

==Sports==
===Football clubs===
* [[Ararat SC]], Erbil, Iraq 
* [[FC Ararat-Armenia|FC Ararat-Armenia Yerevan]], Yerevan, Armenia
* [[FC Ararat Yerevan]], Yerevan, Armenia
* [[FC Ararat Moscow]], Moscow, Russia
* [[F.C. Ararat Tehran]], Tehran, Iran
* [[FC Ararat Tallinn]], Tallinn, Estonia
* [[ASA Issy|FC Ararat Issy]], Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
* [[FC Spartak Yerevan|FC Araks Ararat]], Ararat, Armenia (originally FC Ararat)
* [[Ararad SC]], or Ararad Sports Association, Lebanese Armenian sports and cultural organization

;Others
* [[Ararat Stadium]], Tehran, Iran
* [[Ararat Tehran BC]], an Iranian basketball club based in Tehran, Iran
* [[Ararad Sports Association]], Lebanese Armenian sports association

==Other uses==
*[[Ararat anomaly]], object appearing on photographs near the summit of Mount Ararat
*[[96205 Ararat]], an asteroid named after the mountain
*[[HMAS Ararat|HMAS ''Ararat'']], the name of two ships in the Royal Australian Navy
*[[Ararat (EP)|''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

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