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ARA or Ara may refer to:

Arts, media and entertainment[link]

• Ara (film), Turkish film by Ümit Ünal
• Ara (newspaper), a Catalan language daily newspaper from Barcelona
• Ara Tribe, a fictional Protoss tribe in the StarCraft Universe
• Artistička Radna Akcija, compilation album released in former Yugoslavia
• Associate of the Royal Academy, of the Royal Academy of Arts

Education[link]

• Academic Research Alliance, an organization created to involve students in scientific activities

Food[link]

• Ara (drink), a traditional Bhutanese wine

Geography[link]

• 'Ara, an Israeli-Arab village
• Ara (lake), Norway
• Ara, Armenia
• Ara (mountain), Armenia
• Ara, Bihar, India
• Arrah, Bihar, India

History[link]

• Ara Gaya is a City-state kingdom in the part of Gaya confederacy, in modern day Haman County of Korea.

Linguistics[link]

• Arabic language, from its ISO 639-2 language code

Military[link]

• Armada de la República Argentina, the Argentine Navy
• Armenian Revolutionary Army, an armed militant group
• Aryan Republican Army
• Australian Regular Army
• Aerial Rocket Artillery, helicopter artillery units used by the U.S. Army in the Vietnam War mainly to engage ground targets

Organisations[link]

• Alliance for Retired Americans, a senior citizen organization
• Amateurs Radio Algeriens, the national amateur radio organization of Algeria
• American Radio Association, a national AFL-CIO affiliated labor union representing U.S. Flag Merchant Marine Licensed Communications and Electronics Officers
• American Romanian Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Anti-Racist Action, a network of anti-racist activists
• Archives and Records Association, professional body for UK archivists, archive conservators and records managers
• Australasian Raptor Association, a special interest group of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union
• Awards and Recognition Association

People[link]

• Guido Ara - Italian footballer
• Ara the Beautiful, an Armenian legendary figure
• Ara Dinkjian, Armenian oud player and composer
• Ara Go, South Korean actress and model
• Ara Bartlett, American lawyer and judge
• Ara Parseghian, a former collegiate football coach

Politics and government[link]

• American Relief Administration, a relief mission after World War I
• Assets Recovery Agency, a British agency for the recovery of the proceeds of crime

Religion[link]

• Ara Pacis, the Augustan Altar of Peace
• Great Altar of Hercules, also known as the Ara Maxima

Science and technology[link]

• Ara (constellation), "The Altar" constellation abbreviation, as standardized by the International Astronomical Union
• Ara (genus), a genus of macaw (parrot)
• AppleTalk Remote Access, a communications protocol
• Arachidonic acid (also AA), as found in breast milk and infant formula
• L-arabinose operon (ara operon)
• Ant-based Routing Algorithm, a wireless mesh network routing protocol; see Swarm intelligence
• Askaryan Radio Array (ARA), a GZK neutrino detector based on the Askaryan effect and will be positioned in the Antarctic ice sheet
• The Arrow-Pratt measure of Absolute risk aversion

Sport[link]

• Amateur Rowing Association, the governing body of rowing in the United Kingdom, now renamed British Rowing

Transport[link]

• American Railway Association, precursor to the Association of American Railroads
• Arcade and Attica Railroad, from its reporting mark

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Ara Gevorgyan (Armenian: Արա Գևորգյան, born April 19, 1960, Yerevan) is an Armenian musician, composer and musical producer. In 2004 he was awarded the Honorary Artist of the Republic of Armenia title by the President Robert Kocharyan.^[1]

Biography[link]

Gevorgian is the son of Armenian folk-singer Valya Samvelyan. He studied at School #31 of Yerevan and at the A. Tigranyan Musical School at the same time. During the two years he studied at Yerevan #8 college of Fine Arts. From 1983 to 1987 he studied at Armenian State Pedagogical University at the faculty of woodwind instruments and pop music department. In 1987-1989 Gevorgian taught conducting at the same Institute, then he worked at Armenian Television ("3 Alik" TV program).

In 1983 he founded the "Rally" Armenian pop-rock band, the participant of "Song-85" festival.

He participated in the Opening Ceremony of the Cultural Year of Armenia in Russia hosted at the Moscow Kremlin Music Hall and honored by the presence of the presidents of Armenia and Russia Robert Kocharyan and Vladimir Putin respectively and the famous singer Charles Aznavour.

Ara Gevorgian co-operates with Jivan Gasparyan, Ian Gillan, Demis Roussos, Pedro Eustache, Daniel Decker and others. Among his most popular songs are "Adana", "Artsakh", "Ov Hayots Ashkharh" and "Ovkyanosits ayn koghm". Gevorgyan also composed the music for Russian prima ballerina Anastasia Volochkova's "Golden cage" ballet dedicated to the Bolshoi Theater.^[2][3]

He is married, has a daughter and a son.

He has been awarded by the "Mikhail Lomonosov" Russian medal and the gold medal of the Ministry of Culture of Armenia.

Discography[link]

CDs[link]

• 1995 «Օվկիանոսից այն կողմ» (Over the ocean)
• 1997 «Կարոտ» (Nostalgie)
• 1999 «Անի (Ani) (a prize winner of Armenian Music Awards in the US)
• 2001 «Խոր Վիրապ» (Khor Virap) (a prize winner of Armenian Music Awards in the US).
• 2005 «Ադանա» (Adana)
• 2009 «Վաղարշապատ» (Vagharshapat) (a prize winner of Armenian Music Awards in the US).
• 2010 "The Best of Ara Geovrgyan"

DVDs[link]

• 1999 "Live in Alex Theater", Los Angeles, EYE Records
• 2002 "My Sardarapat", live in Armenia
• 2003 "Ov Hayots Ashkhar"
• 2007 "Live in Kremlin", Moscow, Russia
• 2009 "Live in Citadel", Aleppo, Syria
• 2009 "The Best of Ara Gevorgyan

External links[link]

• Ara Gevorgian's Official site
• Ara Gevorgyan-My Sardarabad
• Gevorgyan at MTV.AM
• Armenian Music Center
• Ara Gevorgian's Concert Video - My Sardarapad

References[link]