Aras may refer to: * Aras (mythology), an autochthon in Greek mythology, father of Araethyrea and Aoris *

Ascending reticular activating system The reticular formation is a set of interconnected nuclei that are located throughout the brainstem. It is not anatomically well defined, because it includes neurons located in different parts of the brain. The neurons of the reticular formatio ...

, in neuroanatomy * Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism * Aras GED, an Iranian industrial and environmental business consortium * Aras Corp, an American developer and publisher of product development software * Atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis, a kidney disease *

ARAS (Lithuania) The ARAS or Lithuanian Police Anti-terrorist Operations Unit ARAS ( lt, Lietuvos policijos antiteroristinių operacijų rinktinė ARAS) is a separate Police tactical unit, specialized police unit established in 1991. At first, ARAS's main purpose ...

, a Lithuanian Police special operations unit

Places

Áras an Uachtaráin (; "Residence of the President"), formerly the Viceregal Lodge, is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of Ireland. It is located off Chesterfield Avenue in the Phoenix Park in Dublin. The building design was credite ...

, the official residence of the President of Ireland, and by association the presidency itself * Aras, Navarre, a municipality in the autonomous community of Navarre (Navarra), Spain * Aras, Iran, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran * Aras District, an administrative subdivision of Iran *

Aras Free Zone Aras Free Trade - Industrial Zone (abbreviated as AFZ) is located in the Northwest of Iran at the border point with neighboring Armenia, Azerbaijan and the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. According to the Decree ''No. 20708/T/530820'', dated 28 J ...

, an industrial Zone situated in north-west of Iran, adjacent to Autonomous Rep. Nakhichivan, Armenia and Rep. Azerbaijan *

Aras (river) , az, Araz, fa, ارس, tr, Aras The Aras (also known as the Araks, Arax, Araxes, or Araz) is a river in the Caucasus. It rises in eastern Turkey and flows along the borders between Turkey and Armenia, between Turkey and the Nakhchivan ex ...

, a river that starts in Turkey and flows through Caucasia (borders Iran with Azerbaijan and Armenia) *

Aras Dam The Aras Dam ( az, Araz su anbarı; fa, سد ارس) is an embankment dam on the Aras River along the border of Iran and Azerbaijan. It is located downstream of Poldasht in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran and Nakhchivan City in Nakhchivan Autono ...

, on the Aras River *

Republic of Aras The Republic of Aras ( az, Araz Respublikası; also known as the Republic of Araks or the Araxi Republic) was a short-lived and unrecognized state in the South Caucasus, roughly corresponding with the territory that is now the Nakhchivan Autonomo ...

, a short-lived and unrecognized republic taking its name from the aforementioned river. *

Årås Årås is the administrative centre of Austrheim municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located in the central part of the island of Fosnøyna, about northeast of the village of Austrheim. The village has a population (2019) ...

, the administrative centre of Austrheim municipality in Vestland county, Norway *

Ərəş Ərəş ( hy, Արեշ ''Areš'') is a village and municipality in the Yevlakh Rayon of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a tr ...

, a village in Azerbaijan *

Aras, Horasan Aras is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Horasan, Erzurum Province Erzurum Province ( tr, Erzurum ili) is a province of Turkey in the Eastern Anatolia Region of the country. The capital of the province is the city of Erzurum ...

People

Aras Baskauskas Aras Vydunas Baskauskas ''(Lithuanian: Baškauskas)'' (born September 26, 1981) is an American yogi, musician, and reality TV personality who won '' Survivor: Panama'' and competed in '' Survivor: Blood vs. Water''. He releases his music under th ...

(born 1981), Lithuanian-American television personality *

Aras Özbiliz Aras Özbiliz ( hy, Արաս Օզբիլիզ; born 9 March 1990) is an Armenian professional footballer who plays as a winger for FC Pyunik and the Armenia national team. Early life Özbiliz was born on 9 March 1990 in the Bakırköy distri ...

(born 1990), Turkish-Armenian footballer *

Murat Aras Murat Aras is a Turkish screenplay writer. Born in Ankara on 4 July 1973. He went to Naval High School in Heybeliada, Istanbul ) , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = 34000 to 34990 , area_code ...

(born 1973), Turkish screenwriter *

Tevfik Rüştü Aras Tevfik Rüştü Aras (1883, Çanakkale – 5 January 1972, Istanbul) was a Turkish politician, serving as deputy and foreign minister of Turkey during the Atatürk era (1923–1938). He played a prominent role in the Armenian genocide. E ...

(1883–1972), Turkish politician * Yıldız Aras (born 1977), Turkish karateka {{disambiguation, geo, given name, surname