Arda or ARDA may refer to:

Places

Arda (Maritsa) The Arda ( , , ) is a river in Bulgaria and Greece. It is a tributary of the Maritsa (or Evros). Its source lies in the Bulgarian Rhodope Mountains near the village Arda, part of the municipality of Smolyan. It flows eastward past Rudozem, Ka ...

, a river in Bulgaria and Greece * Arda (Italy), a river in Italy *

Arda (Douro) The Arda River () is a river in Portugal. It flows into the Douro River The Douro (, , ; es, Duero ; la, Durius) is the highest-flow river of the Iberian Peninsula. It rises near Duruelo de la Sierra in Soria Province, central Spain, mea ...

, a river in Portugal * Arda, Bulgaria, a village in southern Bulgaria * Arda, County Fermanagh, a townland in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland * Arda, Indiana, a community in the United States * Arda Peak, in Antarctica

Arts and entertainment

* Arda (Tolkien), fictional setting in the works of J. R. R. Tolkien * Arda (band), a Russian heavy metal band

People

Arda (name) Arda is a male name used in Turkey. In Turkish, Arda means sceptre, a stick planted in the ground to mark a spot, latter (successor), the Arda river (an important tributary of the Maritsa in the Edirne region), a very old Turkic name in Uyghur ...

Biology

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Amphisbaena arda ''Amphisbaena arda'' is a worm lizard species in the family Amphisbaenidae. It is endemic to Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and La ...

'', Rodrigues, 2003, a worm lizard species in the genus '' Amphisbaena'' *

Perzelia arda ''Perzelia'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Depressariidae. Its only species, ''Perzelia arda'', is found in Chile. Both the genus and species were described by John Frederick Gates Clarke in 1978. The wingspan The wingspan (or just ...

, a moth species

Acronym

Advanced Research and Development Activity The Disruptive Technology Office (DTO) was a funding agency within the United States Intelligence Community. It was previously known as the Advanced Research and Development Activity (ARDA). In December 2007, DTO was folded into the newly created ...

Association of Religion Data Archives The Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA) is a free source of online information related to American and international religion. One of the primary goals of the archive is to democratize access to academic information on religion by making th ...

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