Aram
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Aram may refer to:
Bible
- Aram, son of Shem, according to the "Table of Nations" in Genesis 10
- Aram-Naharaim (Aram of two Rivers), the land in which the city of Haran lay
- Aram (biblical region), an ancient region containing the ancient state of Aram Damascus, located in modern Syria
- Aram Rehob, an early Aramaean kingdom referred to in Numbers and Judges
- Aram, son of Bethuel's elder brother, Kemuel, grandson of Abraham's elder brother, Nahor
- Paddan Aram, an early Aramean kingdom in Mesopotamia referred to in Genesis
Qur'an
- Iram of the Pillars, also called Aram, variously identified as a lost city on the Arabian Peninsula, a reference to biblical Aram, or the name of a tribe
People
Given name
- Aram (given name), a popular given name in Armenian, Aramaic, Kurdish and Persian languages
- Aram, son of Harma, a king claimed by some as namesake of Armenia
- Aram I (born 1947) Catholicos, head of the Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia (Armenian Apostolic Church), Antelias, Lebanon
Family name
- Abbas Aram (1906-?), Iranian diplomat and politician
- Eugene Aram, English philologist and murderer
- Kamrooz Aram (born 1978), Iranian American artist
- M. Aram (born 1927), Indian educator and peace advocate
History, culture and society
- Aram, the third day of the month in the Armenian calendar
- Aram, Armenian patriarch in the History of Armenia (Moses of Chorene)
- Aram (film), 2002 French action movie
- Aram, fictional character in MeruPuri, written by Matsuri Hino
- Aram Quartet, an Italian musical group winner of the first Italian edition of the X Factor
Modern places
- Aram, Iran, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran
- Aram, Mazandaran, a village in Mazandaran Province, Iran
- Aram's New Ground, cricket ground in Montpelier Gardens, Walworth, Surrey, England
- Aram Chaos, an impact crater on the planet Mars
- Buyut Aram, a village in Dhofar Governorate, in southwestern Oman
- Aram Street, one of the oldest streets in Yerevan, Armenia.
See also
- Arame, the first king of Urartu
- Åram, a village in Vanylven Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway
- Ram (Biblical figure), son of Hezron and ancestor of King David
- Aramaean (disambiguation)
- Aramaic (disambiguation)
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