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Definition of Ararat
1. Noun. The mountain peak that Noah's ark landed on as the waters of the great flood receded.
Group relationships: Republic Of Turkey, Turkey
Generic synonyms: Mountain Peak
Definition of Ararat
1. Proper noun. Mount Ararat, the tallest peak of Turkey, and of the entire Armenian Highland. In Armenian antiquity known as ''Masis'', it became associated with the Biblical "Mountains of Ararat" (Genesis 8:4) at some point during the Middle Ages. ¹
2. Proper noun. One of the ten provinces of the Republic of Armenia. ¹
3. Proper noun. A town in the said province. ¹
4. Proper noun. ( male given name). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ararat
Literary usage of Ararat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1878)
"The first conception which, as children, most of us have formed of a mountain,
arose out of this story of Ararat. Apart from its legendary associations and ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"From the Armenian plateau, Ararat rises in a graceful isolated cone far into the
region of perennial snow. It was long believed by the Armenian monks that ..."
3. The Methodist Review (1836)
"Jerome places mount Ararat, on which the ark rested, toward the middle of Armenia
... THOUGH this visit to Mount Ararat was undertaken nearly six years ago, ..."
4. The History of Herodotus: A New English Version, Ed. with Copious Notes and by Herodotus (1862)
"True position of the Hebrew Ararat. 3. ... serves determin- ately to connect the
Ararat of Scripture with the ..."
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