What is "orontes"

Orontes (; also: Orontas, Orondes, Aroandes) is Hellenized form of an Iranian masculine name: Avestan: auruuant sometimes shortened to auruuat, Persian arvand, meaning "Of greatness, mighty".

• Orontid dynasty, Armenian dynasty which ruled over southeastern Anatolia.
  • Orontes I or Yervand I
  • Orontes II or Yervand II
  • Orontes III or Yervand III
  • Orontes IV or yervand IV
  • Orontes I Sakavakyats
• Orontes River
• Rawadids, or Rawands, Kurdish dynasty in Azerbaijan (northwestern Iran)
• Rowanduz, a city in Iraq whose name is derived from a name which was spelled "Orontes" in Hellenic sources
• SS Orontes, a passenger ship of the Orient Line