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Ararat

Ararat

See also: ararat

English

Proper noun

Ararat

  1. Mount Ararat, the tallest peak of Turkey, and of the entire Armenian Highland. In Armenian antiquity known as Masis, it became associated with the Biblical "Mountains of Ararat" (Genesis 8:4) at some point during the Middle Ages.
  2. a region (marz) of the modern Republic of Armenia
  3. a town in the said region
  4. A transliteration of the Armenian male given name Արարատ ‎(Ararat)

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Proper noun

Ararat m

  1. Ararat (a mountain in northeastern Turkey)

ararat

ararat

See also: Ararat

Latin

Verb

ararat

  1. third-person singular pluperfect active indicative of arō

Etymology

Ararat, as seen from Yerevan, Armenia.

From Latin Ararat, from Ancient Greek Ἀραράτ ‎(Ararát), from Biblical Hebrew אררט ‎(Ǎrārāṭ), in Genesis 8:4. Corresponds to Assyrian 𒆳𒌵 ‎(Urarṭu), the name of the Eastern Anatolian plateau which in Classical Antiquity became known as Ἀρμενία ‎(Armenía) (in Hecataeus of Miletus, ca. 476 BC).

The place names in modern Armenia and the given name are from Armenian Արարատ ‎(Ararat).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈærəˌræt/

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