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Ararat may refer to:

• Ararat (Armenian: Արարատ), a common first name for Armenian males (pronounced Ararad in Western Armenian)
• Ararat / Araratian, a common family name for Armenians (pronounced Ararad, Araradian in Western Armenian)

• An Anatolian toponym
  • Mount Ararat
  • Little Ararat
  • Ararat plain
  • Ararat, Armenia, a town in Armenia
  • Ararat Province, Armenia
  • Ayrarat Province, Armenia
    • Ararat (village), Armenia, a village in Ararat Province

• Other toponyms
  • Ararat, City of Refuge, an early 19th century plan by Mordecai Manuel Noah for a Jewish homeland at Grand Island, New York
  • Ararat, Victoria, Australia
    • Ararat Airport
    • Aradale Mental Hospital aka Ararat Asylum
    • Ararat railway line, Victoria
    • HM Prison Ararat
  • Ararat, North Carolina
  • Ararat River in Virginia and North Carolina
  • Rural City of Ararat, south-west Victoria, Australia
    • City of Ararat
    • Shire of Ararat
  • Ararat Township, Pennsylvania
  • Mount Ararat (Pennsylvania)

• In history
  • variant name of the Iron Age kingdom of Urartu
  • Republic of Ararat, a breakaway Kurdish state, 1927 to 1931
  • Culture of Ararat, homogenizing influence of Ararat on many distant nations greatly influenced by the cultural heritage of the Kingdom of Ararat

• Media
  • Ararad Daily Newspaper, Armenian language newspaper in Lebanon
  • Ararat: A Searchlight on Armenia, journal published in London (19th century)
  • Ararat Quarterly, international quarterly of literature, history and culture published in New York, NY

• Associations
  • Ararat Center for Strategic Research, academic
  • Ararat Chapter, Chicago chapter of Armenian Youth Federation
  • Ararat Chapter, Glendale chapter of Homenetmen

• Sports
  • Ararat Stadium, Tehran, Iran
  • FC Ararat Yerevan, Yerevan, Armenia
  • F.C. Ararat Tehran, Tehran, Iran
  • Ararat Kayaking Club, Lahore, Pakistan
  • FC Araks Ararat, Ararat, Armenia (originally FC Ararat)
  • Ararat Tehran Basketball Club

• Brands and titles
  • Ararat (EP), an EP by oriental metal band Orphaned Land
  • Ararat (film), a 2002 film by Atom Egoyan about the Armenian Genocide
  • Ararat (brandy), a brandy from Armenia
  • 96205 Ararat, an asteroid named after the mountain
  • HMAS Ararat, the name of two ships in the Royal Australian Navy
  • mentioned in titles of:
    • A Girl From Ararat Valley, a 1949 Soviet Armenian film
    • Passage to Ararat, a book by Michael J. Arlen

• Others
  • Ararat anomaly, object appearing on photographs near the summit of Mount Ararat

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