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Kerak

American  
[ker-ahk, ke-rahk] / ˈkɛr ɑk, kɛˈrɑk /
Also Krak

noun

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


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The ruin of Kerak answers to the description given by Josephus of the city of Taricheae, which lay 30 stadia from Tiberias, the hot baths being between the two cities.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various

What kind of people could these men of Kerak be?

From The Dueling Machine by Bova, Ben

Odal is now a military attaché of the Kerak Embassy here.

From The Dueling Machine by Bova, Ben

The coalition of star groups that Dulaq had constructed to keep the Kerak Worlds neutralized has broken apart completely.

From The Dueling Machine by Bova, Ben

Once elected, though, he had dissolved the government and solidified his powers as absolute dictator of the Kerak Worlds.

From The Dueling Machine by Bova, Ben

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