Ariel

Not to be confused with Aerial (disambiguation), Arial, or Airiel.

Ariel may refer to:

Animals

• Ariel gazelle, another name for the dorcas gazelle

Places

• Ariel, one of the names for Jerusalem
• Ariel (city), an Israeli settlement and city in the central West Bank
  • Ariel University (previously Ariel University Center of Samaria), an Israeli university
• Ariel (moon), a moon of Uranus
• Ariel, Washington
• Lake Ariel, Pennsylvania, a town and its namesake lake in the United States
• Ariel School, an independent school in Ruwa, Zimbabwe
• The Ariel, a pair of apartment buildings on Broadway, New York City

People

• Ariel (name), any of several real or fictional people with that given name
• Ariel, stage name of American professional wrestler and model Shelly Martinez
• Ariel, stage name of Nazril Irham, vocalist of Noah, an Indonesian pop band
• Ariel, ring name of Portuguese professional wrestler Ana Rocha
• Uri Ariel (born 1952), Israeli politician

Characters

• Ariel (The Tempest), a character in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest
• Ariel (angel), an angel in Judaism, Christianity (Gnostic) and occult lore
• Ariel (Disney character), the title character of the 1989 film The Little Mermaid
• Ariel (comics), a fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe
• Ariel (Robotech), a fictional character from Robotech

Publications

• "Ariel" (poem), poem by Plath this book is named for
• Ariel (book), the last book of poetry by Sylvia Plath
• T. S. Eliot's Ariel poems for a series of poems by T. S. Eliot
• Ariel (novel), a 1941 science fiction novel by Russian author Alexander Beliaev
• Ariel, published in 1900, a highly influential work by Uruguayan essayist José Enrique Rodó
• Ariel, a biography of Shelley by French writer André Maurois
• Ariel, a 1983 post-apocalyptic fantasy by Steve Boyett

Journals and magazines

• Ariel (newspaper), the in-house magazine of the BBC
• Ariel: The Book of Fantasy, a periodical published in the 1970s in book form
• Ariel (campus newspaper), the former campus newspaper at the University of Minnesota
• Ariel, a comedic newspaper by Israel Zangwill

Brands

• Ariel (detergent), a fabric care brand
• Ariel, a Beanie Baby bear produced by Ty Inc. in memory of Ariel Glaser

Transport

Cars and motorbikes

• Ariel (American automobile)
• Ariel Atom, a sports car with an exoskeletal chassis
• Ariel Motor Company, a modern British car company
• Ariel Motorcycles, a former manufacturer of motorcycles, bicycles, and cars, including a car of the same name
• Ariel 3, the first artificial satellite designed and built in the United Kingdom
• Ariel Square Four, motorbike

Ships

• Ariel-class gunboat, a class of Royal Navy gunboats
• Ariel (clipper), a British clipper ship
• Ariel (schooner), a 4-masted schooner built by Matthew Turner
• HMS Ariel, any of ten ships of the Royal Navy
• ST Ariel, a tugboat
• USS Ariel, any of five ships of the United States Navy

Science and history

• Operation Ariel, the British military evacuation from western France in World War II
• Ariel programme, a British satellite research programme

Film

• Ariel Award, a Mexican Academy of Film award
• Ariel (film), a 1988 Finnish film by Aki Kaurismäki

Television

• Ariel, a planet visited in "The Last Sunset", an episode of Space: 1999
• "Ariel" (Firefly episode), a 2002 episode of the television series Firefly
• "Ariel" (Once Upon a Time), a 2013 episode of the television series Once Upon a Time
• Ariel (anime), a 1991 anime video series

Music

People and bands

• Meir Ariel (1942–1999), Israeli singer-songwriter
• Ariel (Australian band), an Australian rock band of the mid-1970s
• Ariel (Russian band), a band based in Chelyabinsk, Russia

Albums

• Ariel, an EP by downtempo band Alpha
• Ariels (album), a 2004 album by electronica band Bent

Songs

• "Ariel" (song) by Dean Friedman
• "Ariel", a song by The Cure unreleased until remastered on their album The Top
• "Ariel", a song by the British hard rock band Rainbow on their album Stranger in Us All
• "Ariel", a song by Babes In Toyland from the album Nemesisters
• "Ariel", a song by Braid on the album Frame & Canvas

Classical

• Ariel, a 1971 vocal work by Ned Rorem
• Ariel Fantasy, a 2001 work for solo instrument and piano by Paul Moravec
• Ariel, a ballet by Roberto Gerhard

See also

• Arielle (given name)
• Aerial (disambiguation)
• Arial, a font
• Ari (lion)
• Ari (name)