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) The Arda is a torrent of Emilia-Romagna, Italy, nearly all of its course being within the province of Piacenza. It is a right tributary of the Po River. It rises at an elevation of in the Ligurian Apennines on the north-west slopes of Monte ...

, 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 Arda ( bg, Арда) is a village in Smolyan Municipality, located in the Smolyan Province of southern Bulgaria. It is located 173.424 km from Sofia and the village covers an area of 17.928 km2. As of 2007, the village had a population ...

, a village in southern Bulgaria * Arda, County Fermanagh, a townland in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland *

Arda, Indiana Arda is an unincorporated community in Washington Township, Pike County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. History According to Ronald L. Baker, the community may be named after the Arda River Arda or ARDA may refer to: Places *Arda (Maritsa), ...

, 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) Arda (russian: Арда) is a Russian heavy metal band that was formed in 2000 in Moscow, by vocalist Pavel Okunev (ex-Epidemia Epidemia (russian: Эпидемия, sometimes referred to as 'Epi' by fans) is a Russian power metal band famou ...

, 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 The amphisbaena (, , or , plural: amphisbaenae; grc, ἀμφίσβαινα) is a mythological, ant-eating serpent with a head at each end. The creature is alternatively called the amphisbaina, amphisbene, amphisboena, amphisbona, amphista, am ...

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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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