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Urartu

[ oo-rahr-too ]

noun

  1. an ancient kingdom, c1270–750 b.c., in E Turkey, on the shore of Lake Van: often invaded by Assyria.


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Example Sentences

The biblical term is the mountains of Ararat or Urartu, and the term includes the whole of the Hakkiari range.

Thus was Urartu crippled and humiliated: it never regained its former prestige among the northern states.

Despite the blow dealt against Urartu, Assyria did not immediately regain possession of north Syria.

(860-825)—The kingdom of Urartu and its conquering princes: Menuas and Argistis.

Urartu comprised the district of Ararat proper, the province of Biaina, and the entire basin of the Arzania.

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