# Ararat

Ararat or in Western Armenian Ararad may refer to:

## Personal names

* Ararat (Armenian: Արարատ), a common male first name for Armenians (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
### 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 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 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), 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), 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 Yerevan, Yerevan, Armenia
* FC Ararat Yerevan, Yerevan, Armenia
* FC Ararat Moscow, Moscow, Russia
* F.C. Ararat Tehran, Tehran, Iran
* FC Ararat Tallinn, Tallinn, Estonia
* FC Ararat Issy, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
* 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, 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