Definition of Ararat

1. Noun. The mountain peak that Noah's ark landed on as the waters of the great flood receded.

Exact synonyms: Mount Ararat, Mt. Ararat
Group relationships: Republic Of Turkey, Turkey
Generic synonyms: Mountain Peak

Definition of Ararat

1. Proper noun. 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. ¹

2. Proper noun. One of the ten provinces of the Republic of Armenia. ¹

3. Proper noun. A town in the said province. ¹

4. Proper noun. ( male given name). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ararat

Aranadan
Aranea
Aranea diademata
Araneae
Araneida
Aranese
Araneus
Araneus cavaticus
Arantius' ligament
Arantius' nodule
Arantius' ventricle
Aranyaka
Arapaho
Arapahoe
Arapahos
Ararat (current term)
Aras
Aras an Uachtaran
Arau
Arauca
Araucana
Araucania
Araucanian
Araucanians
Araucanization
Araucaria araucana
Araucaria bidwillii
Araucaria columnaris
Araucaria cunninghamii
Araucaria excelsa

Literary usage of Ararat

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1878)
"The first conception which, as children, most of us have formed of a mountain, arose out of this story of Ararat. Apart from its legendary associations and ..."

2. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"From the Armenian plateau, Ararat rises in a graceful isolated cone far into the region of perennial snow. It was long believed by the Armenian monks that ..."

3. The Methodist Review (1836)
"Jerome places mount Ararat, on which the ark rested, toward the middle of Armenia ... THOUGH this visit to Mount Ararat was undertaken nearly six years ago, ..."

4. The History of Herodotus: A New English Version, Ed. with Copious Notes and by Herodotus (1862)
"True position of the Hebrew Ararat. 3. ... serves determin- ately to connect the Ararat of Scripture with the ..."

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