Arras (disambiguation)
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Arras
is the capital of the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.
Arras may also refer to:
Arras
Arras is the capital of the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. The historic centre of the Artois region, its local speech is characterized as a Picard dialect...
is the capital of the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.
Arras may also refer to:
People and places
- Harry ArrasHarry ArrasHarry Arras was a character actor dating back to the Balboa Studios in Long Beach, California. Arras died of a heart attack on the set of Escape from Crime....
(1881-1942), American character actor - Wim ArrasWim ArrasWim Arras is a former Belgian cyclist who specialized in sprinting. He won the Paris–Brussels race and seemed to gain international fame on his 24th birthday. His cycling career ended abruptly when he had to retire due to a motorcycle accident in 1990.-References:...
(born 1964), Belgian cyclist - Arras, AlbaniaArras, AlbaniaArras is a municipality in the Dibër District, Dibër County, northeastern Albania....
, a municipality in eastern Albania
Other
- Battle of Arras (disambiguation), several battles of that name
- Arras CultureArras CultureThe Arras culture is an archaeological culture of the Middle Iron Age in East Yorkshire It takes its name from the cemetery site of Arras near Market Weighton in the East Riding of Yorkshire, which was discovered in the 19th century...
- HMCS ArrasHMCS ArrasHMCS Arras was one of twelve Battle class naval trawlers used by the Royal Canadian Navy . Named after the Battle of Arras, she was built by the Kingston Shipbuilding Company, in Kingston, Ontario, and was commissioned on 8 July 1918...
, a Battle class trawler - A hanging tapestry, known chiefly for the one behind which Polonius hides in Gertrude's closet scene, in Shakespeare's HamletHamletThe Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601...
- Las arras - In Hispanic weddings, the thirteen coins presented to the bride by the groom, to symbolize the groom's commitment to 'provide' for his bride and make his wealth hers