Noah

[noh-uh]

noun

1. Also Noe the patriarch who is recorded in the Bible as having built a large boat in which he, his family, and animals of every species survived the Biblical Flood.

2. a male given name.

Noah

¹

/ ˈnəʊə /

noun

1. Old Testament a Hebrew patriarch, who saved himself, his family, and specimens of each species of animal and bird from the Flood by building a ship ( Noah's Ark ) in which they all survived (Genesis 6–8)

noah

²

/ ˈnəʊə /

noun

1. a shark

Word History and Origins

Origin of Noah¹

Ultimately from Hebrew Nōăḥ “rest”

Word History and Origins

Origin of Noah¹

from Australian rhyming slang Noah's Ark

Example Sentences

"According to the doctors, Noah's condition is now stable and no longer critical," said a statement on X.

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Noah Caluori's five tries on his first Prem start brought an increased level of interest to his second start for Saracens on Friday against Northampton Saints.

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Noah Wise, senior bond portfolio manager at Allspring puts it more bluntly.

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South of the town of Big Pine, Noah Williams, Red Owl’s son and a member of the Bishop Paiute Tribe, walked through dry brush to a low-lying stretch of desert.

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A coroner has released a number of videos that show teenager Noah Donohoe leaving his house in the early hours of the day he disappeared, and returning barefoot and without his headphones.

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