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Ararat.

Mount Ararat, the tallest mountain 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.

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name/ˈæɹəˌɹæt/
  1. Mount Ararat, the tallest mountain 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.

  2. A province (marz) of modern Armenia. Capital and largest city: Artashat.

  3. A town and urban community in Ararat province, Armenia.

  4. A large village in Ararat province, Armenia, a few miles north of the town of the same name.

  5. A town in Victoria, Australia, named after a local Mount Ararat.

  6. A local government area in western Victoria, which includes the town; in full, the Rural City of Ararat.

  7. An unincorporated community in Long Hill Township, Surry County, North Carolina, United States, named after the Ararat River.

  8. An unincorporated community in Patrick County, Virginia, United States, named after the Ararat River.

  9. A transliteration of the Armenian male given name Արարատ (Ararat).

Where this word comes from

From Latin Ararat, from Ancient Greek Ἀραράτ (Ararát), from Biblical Hebrew אֲרָרָט (ʾărārāṭ), in Genesis 8:4. Corresponds to Akkadian 𒆳𒌵 (Urarṭu, “Urartu”), the name of a land which in Classical Antiquity became known as 𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴 (a-r-mi-i-n /⁠Armina⁠/) (in Behistun inscription, 6th century BC), Ἀρμενία (Armenía) (in Hecataeus of Miletus, ca. 476 BC). The place names in modern Armenia and the given name are from Armenian Արարատ (Ararat).

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