Arad or ARAD may refer to:

People

Arad (given name) Arad is a masculine given name. People with the name include: * Arad Simon Lakin (1810–1890), American minister, and university president * Arad McCutchan Arad A. McCutchan (July 4, 1912 – June 16, 1993) was a collegiate basketball coach. T ...

Arad (surname) Arad (אָרַד) is a surname from the Hebrew word for bronze. Notable people with the surname include: * Atar Arad (born 1945), Israeli-American violist; older brother to Ron * Avi Arad (born 1948), Israeli-American businessperson; current CEO ...

Places and jurisdictions

Bahrain

Arad, Bahrain __NOTOC__ Arad ( ar, عراد) is a town in Bahrain, located on Muharraq Island. It was originally a small farming village inhabited by Baharna Shia, but later expanded to include new middle-class housing, which brought with it a large Sunni popul ...

, a village in Al Muharraq Governorate *

Arad Fort __NOTOC__ Arad Fort ( ar, قلعة عراد, ''Qal'at 'Arad'') is a 15th-century fort in Arad, Bahrain. Formerly guarding a separate island of its own, the fort and its surroundings have since been joined to Muharraq Island. Arad Fort was built ...

, located on Arad shore *

Arad Island __NOTOC__ Arad ( ar, عراد) is a town in Bahrain, located on Muharraq Island. It was originally a small farming village inhabited by Baharna Shia, but later expanded to include new middle-class housing, which brought with it a large Sunni popul ...

, a former member of the Bahrain Islands, now joined to Muharraq

Iran

Arad, Iran Arad ( fa, ارد, also Romanized as Ard, Erad, Īrad, and Ird) is a city and capital of Arad District, in Gerash County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 5,264, in 1,181 families. The outskirts of the city include m ...

, a city in Fars Province, Iran **

Arad District Arad District ( fa, بخش ارد) is a district (bakhsh) in Gerash County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2016 census, its population was 7,029, in 2,019 families. The District has one city: Arad, Iran, Arad. The District has two Rural Districts of ...

, an administrative subdivision of Fars Province ** Arad Rural District, an administrative subdivision of Fars Province * Arad General Hospital in Tehran, Iran *

Arad, Tehran Arad ( fa, اراد, also Romanized as Ārād; also known as Arāth and Behbūdī) is a village in Koleyn Rural District, Fashapuyeh District, Ray County, Tehran Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, an ...

, a village in Tehran Province, Iran

Israel

Arad, Israel Arad ( he, עֲרָד ) is a city in the Southern District of Israel. It is located on the border of the Negev and the Judean Deserts, west of the Dead Sea and east of Beersheba. The city is home to a diverse population of , including Ashk ...

, a city in Israel *

Tel Arad Tel Arad ( he, תל ערד), in Arabic Tell 'Arad (تل عراد), is an archaeological tell, or mound, located west of the Dead Sea, about west of the modern Israeli city of Arad in an area surrounded by mountain ridges which is known as the ...

, the remains of the ancient city of Arad

Jordan

Arad (see) Arad was an Ancient city and bishopric and is now a Catholic titular see. History The Ancient city was in the Roman province of Palestina III. It was a diocese, suffragan of the Metropolitan of Petra. Its remains are at Tell-'Arad in modern ...

, an Ancient city and bishopric in (Trans)Jordan, near Tell 'Arad, now a Latin Catholic titular see

Romania

Arad, Romania Arad (; German and Hungarian: ''Arad,'' ) is the capital city of Arad County, Transylvania. It is the third largest city in Western Romania, behind Timișoara and Oradea, and the 12th largest in Romania, with a population of 159,704. A busy tr ...

, the main city of Arad County *

Arad County Arad County () is an administrative division ( judeţ) of Romania roughly translated into county in the western part of the country on the border with Hungary, mostly in the region of Crișana and few villages in Banat. The administrative center ...

, at the western edge of Transylvania (Crişana-Banat), Romania *

Arad County (former) Arad County was an administrative unit in the Kingdom of Hungary, the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom and the Principality of Transylvania. The county was established along the Maros (Mureș) river in the 11th or the , but its first head, or ''ispá ...

, a historical county, first Kingdom of Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire, later in Romania *

Arad Region Arad Region (Regiunea Arad) was one of the newly established (in 1950) administrative divisions of the People's Republic of Romania, copied after the Soviet style of territorial organisation. It existed until 1956, when its territory was divided ...

, an administrative division of the People's Republic of Romania 1950–1956 * Archdiocese of Arad, an episcopal see of the Romanian Orthodox Church

Other uses

ARAD (Sumerogram) ARAD, (also ÌR or NITÁ) is the capital letter-( majuscule) Sumerogram for the Akkadian language word ''"ardu"'',Parpola, 1971. ''The Standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh'', Glossary, pp. 119-145, p. 121, ardu, for "servant". for ''servant'' ...

, a letter in Sumerian cuneiform *

CFR Arad CFR Arad was a football club based in Arad, Romania, founded in 1921. History The club was born in 1921, and just after one year they merged with CS Gloria Arad, a team founded in 1913. Under the name Gloria CFR Arad they have the best performa ...

, a Romanian football club 1921–1985 *

F.C. Arad F.C. Arad ( he, מועדון כדורגל ערד), ''Moadon Kaduregel Arad'', lit. ''Football Club Arad'' (or in short he, מ.כ. ערד, ''Mem Kaf Arad'', lit. ''F.C. Arad'') was an Israeli football club based in Arad. The club last played in ...

, an Israeli football club {{disambiguation, geo, given name