Kerak

[ ker-ahk, ke-rahk ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a town in western Jordan, near the southern part of the Dead Sea: ancient citadel of the Moabites.

The people informed me of a place, a little nearer than Kerak, called Rabbah.

In pleasing contrast with this barrenness is the oasis lying behind it, watered by the Wady el-Kerak.

The site of Tarichea, whose name suggests its Greek characteristics, was at Kerak, on the southwestern end of the lake.

They could even see the town of Kerak, with its ancient castle on a rock—far up near the summit of the mountain.

They found the valley which they had to ascend in going up to Kerak, a gloomy gorge, of the wildest and grandest character.

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