Ararat

American  

[ar-uh-rat] / ˈær əˌræt /

noun

1. a mountain in E Turkey, near the borders of Iran and Armenia: traditionally considered the landing place of Noah's Ark. 16,945 feet (5,165 meters).

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Ararat British  

/ ˈærəˌræt /

noun

1. 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)

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Ararat Cultural  

1. The mountain upon which Noah's ark came to rest as the waters of the great flood receded. (See Noah and the Flood.)

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Their first post captured Ararat El-Rawi, bursting with energy as he served them a multicourse meal including tabbouleh, lamb burgers, spinach pie, baklava and endless wine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

The 75-year-old farmer's eyes filled with tears as he walked through his orchard in the village of Vosketap, where a breeze from snowcapped Mount Ararat, across the border in Turkey, dispelled the summer heat.

From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan announced in January an implementation framework for TRIPP, building on commitments made at a White House peace summit last year.

From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026

Those arrested in what investigators dubbed "Operation Bear Claw" are: Ruben Tamrazian, 26; Ararat Chirkinian, 39; Vahe Muradkhanyan, 32; and Alfiya Zuckerman, 39.

From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2024

Twenty years later he sent the commander-in-chief of his army, Dayan-Assur, against the land of Ararat, at the head of which Siduri now stood, and not Arami.

From The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI) by Max Duncker