Ariel may refer to:
Film and television
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Ariel Award
The Ariel Award ( es, Premio Ariel) is an award that recognizes the best of Mexican cinema. Given annually, since 1946, by the Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences (AMACC), the award recognizes artistical and technical excel ...
, a Mexican Academy of Film award
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''Ariel'' (film), a 1988 Finnish film by Aki Kaurismäki
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''ARIEL Visual'' and ''ARIEL Deluxe'', 1989 and 1991 anime video series based on the novel series by Yūichi Sasamoto
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"Ariel" (''Firefly'' episode) (2002)
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"Ariel" (''Once Upon a Time''), a 2013 episode of ''Once Upon a Time''
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Ariel (''The Little Mermaid''), a red-haired mermaid who is fascinated by life on dry land and falls in love with Prince Eric in the 1989 Disney film ''
The Little Mermaid
"The Little Mermaid" ( da, Den lille havfrue) is a literary fairy tale written by the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. The story follows the journey of a young mermaid who is willing to give up her life in the sea as a mermaid to gain a ...
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*Ariel, a planet visited in an
episode of ''Space: 1999''
Literature
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"Ariel" (poem), a 1965 poem by Sylvia Plath
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''Ariel'' (poetry collection), a 1965 collection of poetry by Sylvia Plath containing the eponymous poem
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T. S. Eliot's Ariel poems, a series of poems by T. S. Eliot
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''Ariel'' (novel), a 1941 science fiction novel by Alexander Beliaev
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''Ariel'' (novel series), a 1986 science fiction novel series by Yūichi Sasamoto
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''Ariel'' (essay), a 1900 work by José Enrique Rodó
*''Ariel'', a 1923 biography of Shelley by
André Maurois
*''Ariel'', a 1983 post-apocalyptic fantasy by
Steve Boyett
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Ariel (''The Tempest''), a character in play by William Shakespeare
Journals and magazines
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''Ariel'' (newspaper), the in-house magazine of the BBC
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Ariel: The Book of Fantasy'', a periodical published in the 1970s in book form
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''Ariel'' (campus newspaper), a former campus newspaper at the University of Minnesota
*''Ariel'', a comedic newspaper by
Israel Zangwill
Israel Zangwill (21 January 18641 August 1926) was a British author at the forefront of cultural Zionism during the 19th century, and was a close associate of Theodor Herzl. He later rejected the search for a Jewish homeland in Palestine and ...
Music
Bands
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Ariel (Australian band)
Ariel were an Australian progressive rock band fronted by Mike Rudd and Bill Putt, who formed the band in 1973 after the breakup of their previous group Spectrum (which also performed under the alter-ego Indelible Murtceps). The original Arie ...
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Ariel (Russian band)
''Ariel'' (russian: Ариэль) are a " VIA" (pop/rock) band based in Chelyabinsk, Russia.
They were formed in 1970 and headed by Valery Yarushin. From 1989 to the present day, they have been headed by Rostislav Gepp. The group emerged from a ...
Albums
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''Ariels'' (album), a 2004 album by Bent
*''Ariel'', an EP by
Alpha
Songs
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"Ariel" (song), a 1977 song by Dean Friedman
*"Ariel", a song by Anathema from ''
Distant Satellites
''Distant Satellites'' (stylised as ''distant satellites'') is the tenth studio album by the British rock band Anathema. It was released in June 2014 via Kscope and reached #33 in the UK album charts.
Background and recording
The album was recor ...
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*"Ariel", a song by Babes in Toyland from ''
Nemesisters
''Nemesisters'' is the third and final studio album recorded by Babes in Toyland. It was produced by Tim Mac, and released May 9, 1995 by Reprise Records.
Recording
The album was recorded under engineer and producer Tim Mac at AmRep Studios in ...
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*"Ariel", a song by Diane Birch from ''
Bible Belt
The Bible Belt is a region of the Southern United States in which socially conservative Protestant Christianity plays a strong role in society and politics, and church attendance across the denominations is generally higher than the nation's a ...
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*"Ariel", a song by Braid from ''
Frame & Canvas
''Frame & Canvas'' is the third studio album by American rock band Braid. It was released on April 7, 1998, through Polyvinyl Record Co. After the release of the band's second studio album, ''The Age of Octeen'' (1996), drummer Damon Atkinson ...
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*"Ariel", a song by the Cure from ''
The Top''
*"Ariel", a song by Rainbow from ''
Stranger in Us All
''Stranger in Us All'' is the eighth and most recent studio album by the British hard rock band Rainbow, released in 1995. Guitarist Ritchie Blackmore put together a new line-up of members of little-known musicians in 1994. The album was origin ...
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Classical
*''Ariel'', a 1971 vocal work by
Ned Rorem
Ned Rorem (October 23, 1923 – November 18, 2022) was an American composer of contemporary classical music and writer. Best known for his art songs, which number over 500, Rorem was the leading American of his time writing in the genre. Althoug ...
*''Ariel Fantasy'', a 2001 work for solo instrument and piano by
Paul Moravec
Paul Moravec (born November 2, 1957) is an American composer and a University Professor at Adelphi University on Long Island, New York and also a member of the composition department of the Mannes School of Music . Already a prolific composer, he ...
*''Ariel'', a ballet by
Roberto Gerhard
Robert Gerhard i Ottenwaelder (; 25 September 1896 – 5 January 1970) was a Spanish Catalan composer and musical scholar and writer, generally known outside Catalonia as Roberto Gerhard.Malcolm MacDonald. 'Gerhard, Roberto' in ''Grove Music Onl ...
Places
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Ariel (moon)
Ariel is the fourth-largest of the 27 known moons of Uranus. Ariel orbits and rotates in the equatorial plane of Uranus, which is almost perpendicular to the orbit of Uranus and so has an extreme seasonal cycle.
It was discovered in October 1851 ...
, a moon of Uranus
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Ariel (city)
Ariel ( he, אֲרִיאֵל; ar, اريئيل) is an urban Israeli settlement organized as a city council in the central West Bank, part of the Israeli-occupied territories, approximately east of the Green Line and west of the Jordan border ...
, an Israeli settlement and city in the central West Bank
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Lake Ariel, Pennsylvania
Lake Ariel is a village in Lake and Salem Townships of Wayne County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Located in northeastern Pennsylvania, Lake Ariel was founded by settlers with the name of Jones, and was previously known as Jonestown. Following ...
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Ariel, Washington
Ariel () is an unincorporated community in Cowlitz County, Washington. Ariel is located northeast of the city of Woodland along Washington State Route 503, situated north of the Lewis River and on the northwest bank of Lake Merwin. The Ariel ...
Transport
Aircraft
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Sud-Ouest Ariel, a light helicopter built in France
Cars and motorbikes
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Ariel (American automobile)
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Ariel Motor Company
Ariel Motor Company Ltd is a British, low-volume performance motor vehicle manufacturing company in Crewkerne, in Somerset, England.
History
Founded by Simon Saunders in 1991 as Solocrest Ltd., the name was changed in 1999 to Ariel Motor Comp ...
, a modern British car company
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Ariel Motorcycles
Ariel Motorcycles was a British maker of bicycles and then motorcycles in Bournbrook, Birmingham. It was an innovator in British motorcycling, part of the Ariel marque. The company was sold to BSA in 1951 but the brand survived until 1967. Inf ...
, a former manufacturer of motorcycles, bicycles, and cars, including a car of the same name
Ships
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''Ariel''-class gunboat, a class of Royal Navy gunboats
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''Ariel'' (clipper), a British clipper ship
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''Ariel'' (schooner), a 4-masted schooner built by Matthew Turner
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HMS ''Ariel'' (1777), a 20-gun sixth rate, captured by the French in 1779 and lent to the Americans as USS ''Ariel''
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HMS ''Ariel'' (1897), a D-class destroyer
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HMS ''Ariel'' (1911), an ''Acheron''-class destroyer
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ST ''Ariel'', a tugboat
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USS ''Ariel'' (1777), a 16-gun sloop-of-war, originally the Royal Navy's HMS ''Ariel''
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USS ''Ariel'' (1813), a schooner launched on Lake Erie
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USS ''Ariel'' (1862), a schooner captured in the American Civil War and used by the Navy
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USS ''Ariel'' (AF-22), a passenger and refrigerated cargo liner leased from the United Fruit Company and used from 1942 to 1946
Other uses
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Ariel (angel) (Hebrew: אֲרִיאֵל, romanized: ʾÁrīʾēl) literally means "lion of God". found primarily in Jewish and Christian mysticism and Apocrypha.
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Ariel (name)
Ariel is a given name from Biblical Hebrew ''Ariel'' that literally means "lion of God". The female form is (transliterated as Ariela, Ariella, or the alternative English and French spelling Arielle). In modern Hebrew, Ariel is primarily used a ...
, a given name (including a list of people and characters with the name)
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Ariel (detergent)
Ariel is a European brand of laundry detergent developed by P&G European Technology Centre in Belgium and is an early example of pan-European consumer product branding. It was launched in multiple markets between 1967 and 1969. The brand is own ...
, a fabric care brand
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ARIEL
Ariel may refer to:
Film and television
*Ariel Award, a Mexican Academy of Film award
* ''Ariel'' (film), a 1988 Finnish film by Aki Kaurismäki
* ''ARIEL Visual'' and ''ARIEL Deluxe'', 1989 and 1991 anime video series based on the novel series ...
, an ESA space mission to study exoplanet atmospheres
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The Ariel
The Ariel East and Ariel West are a pair of apartment buildings on either side of Broadway at 99th Street, the tallest buildings on Manhattan's predominantly residential Upper West Side
The Upper West Side (UWS) is a neighborhood in the borou ...
, a pair of apartment buildings on Broadway, New York City
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Ariel programme
Ariel was a British satellite research programme conducted between the early 1960s and 1980s. Six satellites were launched as part of the programme, starting with the first British satellite, Ariel 1, which was launched on 26 April 1962, and concl ...
, a British satellite research programme
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Ariel School
On September 16, 1994, there was a UFO sighting outside Ruwa, Zimbabwe. 62 pupils at the Ariel School aged between six and twelve claimed that they saw one or more silver craft descend from the sky and land on a field near their school. One or more ...
, an independent school in Ruwa, Zimbabwe
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Ariel University
Ariel University ( he, אוניברסיטת אריאל), previously a public college known as the Ariel University Center of Samaria, is an Israeli university located in the urban Israeli settlement of Ariel in the West Bank.
The college preced ...
, an Israeli university
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Operation Ariel
Operation Aerial was the evacuation of Allied forces and civilians from ports in western France from 15 to 25 June 1940 during the Second World War. The evacuation followed the Allied military collapse in the Battle of France against Nazi Ger ...
, the British military evacuation from western France in World War II
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Dorcas gazelle
The dorcas gazelle (''Gazella dorcas''), also known as the ariel gazelle, is a small and common gazelle. The dorcas gazelle stands about at the shoulder, with a head and body length of and a weight of . The numerous subspecies survive on vegeta ...
or ariel gazelle
*''Ariel between Wisdom and Gaiety'' and ''Prospero and Ariel'', two sculptures by Eric Gill on the facade of the BBC's
Broadcasting House in London
See also
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Aerial (disambiguation)
Aerial may refer to:
Music
*Aerial (album), ''Aerial'' (album), by Kate Bush
*Aerials (song), ''Aerials'' (song), from the album ''Toxicity'' by System of a Down
Bands
*Aerial (Canadian band)
*Aerial (Scottish band)
*Aerial (Swedish band)
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Airiel, a band
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Ari (lion)
Ari is a given name in many languages and cultures, for both men and women. It also may be a nickname for a wide variety of unrelated names.
Etymology
Badaga
Ari in the Badaga language, "Ari" ("A:ri") has a literal meaning of "sun-like" and is ...
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Ari (name)
Ari is a given name in many languages and cultures, for both men and women. It also may be a nickname for a wide variety of unrelated names.
Etymology
Badaga
Ari in the Badaga language, "Ari" ("A:ri") has a literal meaning of "sun-like" and is ...
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Arial
Arial (also called Arial MT) is a sans-serif typeface and set of computer fonts in the neo-grotesque style. Fonts from the Arial family are included with all versions of Microsoft Windows from Windows 3.1 on, some other Microsoft software ap ...
, a typeface
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Arielle (given name) Arielle is a feminine given name and an alternative spelling of the name Ariel. Notable people with the name include:
* Arielle, 7th-century Breton saint
* Arielle Charnas, American blogger
* Arielle Dombasle (born 1958) French-American actress
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HMS ''Ariel'', a list of ships of the Royal Navy
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USS ''Ariel'', a list of ships of the US Navy
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