Ararat (ăr`ərăt), Turkish Ağri Daği, name of two mountains, Little Ararat (12,877 ft/3,925 m) and Great Ararat (16,945 ft/5,165 m), E Turkey, near the Iranian and Armenian borders. The tradition that Mt. Ararat is the resting place of Noah's ark is based on a misreading of Gen. 8.4, which properly reads "upon the mountains of Ararat," indicating a country or region. The land or the
Ararat
kingdom of Ararat, called in Assyrian Urartu, was situated between the river Araks and the lakes Van and Urmia. It included all the land later called Armenia Armenia (ärmē`nēə), Armenian Hayastan, officially Republic of Armenia, republic (2005 est. pop.
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Ararat
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.)
Ararat
traditional resting place of Noah’s ark after the Flood. [O.T.: Genesis 8:4]
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