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Ararat

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Ar·a·rat  (r-rt), Mount
A massif of extreme eastern Turkey near the Iranian border rising to about 5,168 m (16,945 ft). It is the traditional resting place of Noah's ark.
Ararat [ˈærəˌræt]
n
(Placename) 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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Noun1.AraratArarat - the mountain peak that Noah's ark landed on as the waters of the great flood receded
Mount Ararat, Mt. Ararat
Republic of Turkey, Turkey - a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; on the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, the Young Turks, led by Kemal Ataturk, established a republic in 1923


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It is just possible that this hill is Mount Ararat, and that Noah's Ark rested here, and he ate oysters and threw the shells overboard.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
Even a little elevation makes a considerable difference, and perhaps if there be a survivor of the human race, he will again be found upon the summit of some Ararat.
The Poison Belt by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
So overboard he goes again, to hunt for another Ararat and find another quicksand.
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
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