Ararat or in Western Armenian Ararad may refer to: Personal names Ararat (), 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 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 Ararat, Virginia 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 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 Ararad (daily), Armenian language newspaper in Lebanon Ararat Quarterly, international quarterly of literature, history and culture published in New York City 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