Ararat

[ ar-uh-rat ]

/ ˈær əˌræt /

noun

a mountain in E Turkey, near the borders of Iran and Armenia: traditionally considered the landing place of Noah's Ark. 16,945 feet (5165 meters).

Also called Mount Ararat.

Example sentences from the Web for ararat

And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

The Story of Noah's Ark From the Bible’s Book of Genesis |The Daily Beast |March 24, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Thus I saw two remarkable objects in one day, the Araxes and Ararat.

Henry Martyn Saint and Scholar |George Smith
Trusting to my Ararat experience, I thought of descending in the snow, and started.

The Life of Gordon, Volume I |Demetrius Charles Boulger
Ambassadors came to his court from Ararat, as well as from Gyges of Lydia.

A Primer of Assyriology |Archibald Henry Sayce

A contemplated Jewish settlement, to be called Ararat, came to nought.

Travels in the Interior of North America, 1832-1834, Part III (the Text Being Chapters XXVIII-XXXIII of the London Edition, 1843, and the Appendix a Combination of the Appendices of the London and German [Coblentz, 1839] Editions) |Maximilian, Prinz von Wied
This pleasing and elegant writer gives a beautiful description of Ararat. '

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction |Various

British Dictionary definitions for ararat

Ararat

/ (ˈærəˌræt) /

noun

an extinct volcanic mountain massif in E Turkey: two main peaks; Great Ararat 5155 m (16 916 ft), said to be the resting place of Noah's Ark after the Flood (Genesis 8:4), and Little Ararat 3914 m (12 843 ft)

Cultural definitions for ararat

Ararat

[ (ar-uh-rat) ]

The mountain upon which Noah's ark came to rest as the waters of the great flood receded. (See Noah and the Flood.)

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