Arda or ARDA may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Arda (Middle-earth) The fictional cosmology of J. R. R. Tolkien, J.R.R. Tolkien's Tolkien's legendarium, legendarium combines aspects of Christian theology and metaphysics with pre-modern cosmological concepts in the flat Earth paradigm, along with the modern spher ...

, fictional world in the works of J. R. R. Tolkien *

Arda (band) Arda () is a Russian heavy metal band that was formed in 2000 in Moscow, by vocalist Pavel Okunev (ex-Epidemia Epidemia (, sometimes referred to as 'Epi' by fans) is a Russian power metal band famous for doing the Elven Manuscript metal op ...

, a Russian heavy metal band

People

Arda (name) Arda is given name. In Turkey, it is used as a masculine name. In Turkish, Arda means sceptre, an ornamented staff carried by rulers on ceremonial occasions as a symbol of sovereignty, and latter (successor), the Arda river (an important tribut ...

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, Bulgaria, Arda, part of the municipality of Smolyan. It flows eastward p ...

, 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 (, , , ; ; ) is the largest river of the Iberian Peninsula by discharge. It rises near Duruelo de la Sierra in the Spanish province of Soria, meanders brief ...

, a river in Portugal *

Arda, Bulgaria Arda () 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 of 314 people. ...

, 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 Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to ...

, a community in the United States *

Arda Peak Arda Peak (, ) is located in the east of Livingston Island, Antarctica. The peak rises to approximately 470 m and is located in the Friesland Ridge, Tangra Mountains, overlooking the lower course of Charity Glacier to the northwest and Tarnovo I ...

, in Antarctica

Biology

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Amphisbaena arda ''Amphisbaena arda'' is a worm lizard species in the family Amphisbaenidae. It is endemic to Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and depe ...

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

Amphisbaena The amphisbaena (, , or , plural: amphisbaenae; ) is a mythological, ant-eating serpent with a head at each end. The name of the creature is alternatively written amphisbaina, amphisbene, amphisboena, amphisbona, amphista, amfivena, amphivena, ...

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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 t ...

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