ARA
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Arts, media and entertainment
- Ara (film)Ara (film)Ara is a Turkish 2007 feature-length drama film directed by Ümit Ünal, starring Erdem Akakçe, Betül Çobanoğlu, Serhat Tutumluer, and Selen Uçer, all originally stage actors....
, Turkish film by Ümit Ünal - Ara (newspaper)Ara (newspaper)Ara is a Catalan daily newspaper that began publication on November 28, 2010, coinciding with the Catalan parliamentary elections. Between 40,000 and 60,000 copies are printed each day....
, a Catalan language daily newspaper from Barcelona - Ara Tribe, a fictional Protoss tribe in the StarCraft Universe
- Artistička Radna AkcijaArtisticka radna akcijaArtistička radna akcija is a new wave and punk rock compilation album released in late 1981 by Jugoton in SFR Yugoslavia...
, compilation album released in former Yugoslavia - Associate of the Royal Academy, of the Royal Academy of Arts
Education
- Academic Research AllianceAcademic Research AllianceARA is an organization originally founded as the Academic Research Alliance on February 18, 2001. Currently the organizations name is 'ara'. ARA was originally created to involve students in scientific activities. On October 2004 the organization changed its codes and statutes to develop an...
, an organization created to involve students in scientific activities
Geography
- 'Ara'AraAra is an Israeli Arab village in the Haifa District located in the Wadi Ara, which since 1985 has been part of the Ar'ara local council. It is north of highway 65, between Ar'ara and Kfar Qara. Its population of 4,600 is almost entirely Muslim....
, an Israeli-Arab village - Ara (lake)Ara (lake)Ara is a lake in the municipality of Aremark in Østfold county, Norway....
, Norway - Ara, Armenia
- Ara (mountain), Armenia
- Ara, Bihar, India
- ArrahArrahArrah is a city and a municipal corporation in Bhojpur district in the state of Bihar, India. The actual name of Arrah is Ara but it was misspelt by the British and now corrected to Ara but still known as Arrah in many records. It is the district headquarters of Bhojpur district, located near the...
, Bihar, India
History
- Ara GayaAra GayaAra Gaya, also known as Ana Gaya, Asiryangguk ), and Alla , was a City-state kingdom in the part of Gaya confederacy, in modern day Haman County of South Korea...
is a City-state kingdom in the part of Gaya confederacy, in modern day Haman County of Korea.
Military
- Armada de la República Argentina, the Argentine Navy
- Armenian Revolutionary ArmyArmenian Revolutionary ArmyThe Armenian Revolutionary Army was a paramilitary organization, thought to be renamed from the group "Justice Commandos against Armenian Genocide". ARA attacked at least 7 times resulting in at least 6 fatalities and 8 injuries; its last attack occurred in 1985...
, an armed militant group - Aryan Republican Army
- Australian Regular Army
- Aerial Rocket ArtilleryAerial Rocket ArtilleryAlthough sometimes used as a generic term for any armed helicopters, the term Aerial Rocket Artillery refers specifically to the armed helicopter units which were organic to the division artillery of the United States Army’s two airmobile divisions during the Vietnam War...
, helicopter artillery units used in the Vietnam War mainly to eliminate ground support
Organisations
- Alliance for Retired AmericansAlliance for Retired AmericansThe Alliance for Retired Americans is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization of retired trade union members affiliated with the AFL-CIO. Its predecessor organization was known as the National Council of Senior Citizens....
, a senior citizen organization - Amateurs Radio AlgeriensAmateurs Radio AlgeriensThe Amateurs Radio Algeriens is a national non-profit organization for amateur radio enthusiasts in Algeria...
, the national amateur radio organization of Algeria - American Radio Association, a national AFL-CIO affiliated labor union representing U.S. Flag Merchant Marine Licensed Communications and Electronics Officers
- American Romanian Academy of Arts and SciencesAmerican-Romanian Academy of Arts and SciencesThe American Romanian Academy of Arts and Sciences ' is an internationally recognised academic research and educational institution that conducts and supports multidisciplinary studies in exact sciences, mathematics, natural sciences, and also supports the arts, linguistics, literature, political...
- Anti-Racist ActionAnti-Racist ActionThe Anti-Racist Action Network is a decentralized network of anti-fascist and anti-racists in North America. ARA activists organize actions to disrupt neo-Nazi and white supremacist groups, and help organize activities against fascist and racist ideologies. ARA groups also oppose sexism,...
, a network of anti-racist activists - Archives and Records AssociationArchives and Records AssociationThe Archives and Records Association is the principal professional body for archivists, archive conservators and records managers in the UK and Ireland...
, professional body for UK archivists, archive conservators and records managers - Australasian Raptor AssociationAustralasian Raptor AssociationThe Australasian Raptor Association was founded in 1978 as a special interest group of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, also known as Birds Australia. It promotes the study and conservation of the diurnal and nocturnal raptors, or birds of prey, of Australasia and South-east Asia. It...
, a special interest group of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union - Awards and Recognition AssociationAwards and Recognition AssociationThe Awards and Recognition Association, commonly referred to as ARA, is a trade association whose membership consists of retailers and suppliers of awards, trophies, plaques or components of those items...
People
- Guido AraGuido AraGuido Ara was an Italian association footballer and manager from Vercelli in the region of Piedmont. He is most noted for his playing career at Pro Vercelli where he was a one club man, winning six Serie A titles; during the club's entire history they only won seven...
- Italian footballer - Ara the BeautifulAra the BeautifulAra the Beautiful is a legendary Armenian hero. He is notable in Armenian literature for the popular legend in which he was so handsome that the Assyrian queen Semiramis waged war against Armenia just to get him.He is sometimes associated with the historical king of Ararat known as Arame who...
, an Armenian legendary figure - Ara DinkjianAra DinkjianAra Dinkjian is an Armenian-American musician. He is the founder of the band Night Ark. Ara Dinkjian is considered one of the top oud players in the world, his compositions have been recorded in thirteen different languages, which include the multi-platinum hit "Dinata", it was performed in the...
, Armenian oud player and composer - Ara Go, South Korean actress and model
- Ara BartlettAra BartlettAra Bartlett was an American lawyer and judge who was the second Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Dakota Territory....
, American lawyer and judge - Ara ParseghianAra ParseghianAra Raoul Parseghian is a former American football player and coach of Armenian descent. He served as the head football coach at Miami University , Northwestern University , and the University of Notre Dame , compiling a career college football record of 170–58–6...
, a former collegiate football coach
Politics and government
- American Relief AdministrationAmerican Relief AdministrationAmerican Relief Administration was an American relief mission to Europe and later Soviet Russia after World War I. Herbert Hoover, future president of the United States, was the program director....
, a relief mission after World War I - Assets Recovery AgencyAssets Recovery AgencyThe Assets Recovery Agency was a non-ministerial government department in the United Kingdom. It was established under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 to reduce crime by confiscating the proceeds of any crime...
, a British agency for the recovery of the proceeds of crime
Religion
- Ara PacisAra PacisThe Ara Pacis Augustae is an altar to Peace, envisioned as a Roman goddess...
, the Augustan Altar of Peace - Great Altar of HerculesGreat Altar of HerculesThe Great Altar of Unconquered Hercules stood in the Forum Boarium of ancient Rome. It was the earliest cult-centre of Hercules in Rome, predating the circular Temple of Hercules Victor. The altar stood until it was demolished by order of Pope Sixtus IV...
, also known as the Ara Maxima
Science and technology
- Ara (constellation)Ara (constellation)Ara is a southern constellation situated between Scorpius and Triangulum Australe. Its name is Latin for "altar". Ara was one of the 48 Greek constellations described by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations defined by the International Astronomical...
, "The Altar" - Ara (genus)Ara (genus)Ara is a Neotropical genus of macaws with eight extant species and at least two extinct species. The genus name was coined by French naturalist Bernard Germain de Lacépède in 1799. It gives its name to and is part of the Arini, or tribe of Neotropical parrots. The Ara macaws are large striking...
, a genus of macaw (parrot) - AppleTalk Remote AccessAppleTalk Remote AccessAppleTalk Remote Access, or ATRA, was a protocol stack that allowed AppleTalk to be run over modems. It became a fairly major product for Apple Computer in the early to mid-1990s when their first portable and laptop computers were available...
, a communications protocol - Arachidonic acidArachidonic acidArachidonic acid is a polyunsaturated omega-6 fatty acid 20:4.It is the counterpart to the saturated arachidic acid found in peanut oil, Arachidonic acid (AA, sometimes ARA) is a polyunsaturated omega-6 fatty acid 20:4(ω-6).It is the counterpart to the saturated arachidic acid found in peanut oil,...
(also AA), as found in breast milk and infant formula - L-arabinose operonL-arabinose operonThe L-arabinose operon of the model bacterium Escherichia coli has been a focus for research in molecular biology for over 40 years, and has been investigated extensively at the genetic, biochemical, physiological, and biophysical levels....
(ara operon) - Ant-based Routing Algorithm, a wireless mesh network routing protocol; see Swarm intelligence
- Askaryan Radio ArrayAskaryan Radio ArrayThe Askaryan Radio Array is a new detector designed to detect a few GZK neutrinos a year. It measures the enhanced radio-frequency radiation emitted during the interaction of the neutrino in Antarctic ice sheet...
(ARA), a GZK neutrino detector based on the Askaryan effect and will be positioned in the Antarctic ice sheet
Sport
- Amateur Rowing AssociationAmateur Rowing AssociationBritish Rowing, formerly the Amateur Rowing Association , is the governing body in England for the sport of rowing. It is also responsible for the development and organisation of international rowing teams representing Great Britain...
, the governing body of rowing in the United Kingdom, now renamed British Rowing
Transport
- American Railway AssociationAmerican Railway AssociationThe American Railway Association was an industry trade group representing railroads in the United States. The organization had its inception in meetings of General Managers and ranking railroad operating officials known as Time Table Conventions, the first of which was held on October 1, 1872, at...
, precursor to the Association of American Railroads - Arcade and Attica Railroad, from its reporting mark