arak
- a variation of arrack.
Example Sentences
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Proudly, he said the arak, an aniseed based spirit popular across the Middle East, came from the Assad family's home town in the hills behind the port of Latakia.
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2024
Ghazwan Isso manufactures arak, a popular anise-flavored spirit, at his factory in Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 9, 2023
But for Muaddi, who grew up in the United States among Arab diaspora communities, arak was at the center of every feast and fete.
From Reuters ● Dec. 18, 2022
The first anise spirit, made as early as the 12th century, arak is based on a neutral alcohol made from grapes, and is the classic beverage of the Levant, or the eastern Mediterranean region.
From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2022
The tree most frequent is the tholukh; but there is also another common tree, called the arak.
From Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government by Richardson, James
