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Noah

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No·ah  (n)
In the Bible, the patriarch who was chosen by God to build an ark, in which he, his family, and a pair of every animal were saved from the Flood.
noah [ˈnəʊə]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Austral a shark
[from Australian rhyming slang Noah's Ark]
Noah [ˈnəʊə]
n
(Christian Religious Writings / Bible) 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)
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Noun1.NoahNoah - the Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain; the story of Noah and the flood is told in the Book of Genesis
Translations
Noah [ˈnəʊə] N → Noé
Noah's ark → arca f de Noé
Noah
n → Noah m
Noah [ˈnəʊə] n → Noè m
Noah's ark → l'arca di Noè
Noah [ˈnəʊə] n → Noè m
Noah's ark → l'arca di Noè


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I'm Mister Noah Claypole,' said the charity-boy, 'and you're under me.
Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boy's Progress by Dickens, Charles View in context
Noa Noah was her head sailor, who had been boatswain of the Miele.
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The young blades would have it that none other than old Noah himself had come on board with the remnants of the Lost Tribes, and to elderly female passengers spun hair-raising accounts of the sinking of an entire tropic island by volcanic and earthquake action.
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