Noah
UK/ˈnəʊə//ˈnoʊə/
Noah proper noun: a figure in Abrahamic religions, believed to have built an ark to save his family and members of each species of animal from the Great Flood. Also the clipping of Noah's ark.
Proper noun (1)
Noah (plural Noahs)
- A figure in Abrahamic religions, believed to have built an ark to save his family and members of each species of animal from the Great Flood.
- Now, on the night the baby Lord Jesus was born in that stable in Bethlehem, several came to bow down to him and his mother the lady Mary. They were three powerful warlords known as the Magi who brought many fine gifts. And still another, a wonderful man, a sea captain named Noah came to visit...1958, 1:15:49 from the start, in The Inn of the Sixth Happiness, →OCLC
- But records of the first dynasty, that of the Xia, contain stories of a Great Flood with a Noah-like savior, the Emperor Yu, who gained the mandate of heaven after dredging canals to dispel the floodwaters and make the land safe. Historians have long wondered whether this flood account was a...2016 August 4, Nicholas Wade, “Scientific Evidence of Flood May Give Credence to Legend of China’s First Dynasty”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Aug 2016...
- A male given name from Hebrew.
- Easy to account for those trends - but what of post-Vietnam America and its generation of little Noahs? Were we expecting a flood momentarily?1984, Erica Jong, Parachutes & Kisses, →ISBN, page 354
- On this week’s episode of “Legion,” Kondracki used her considerable talents to fulfill the promise of creator Noah Hawley’s iconoclastic but inconsistent pilot episode and its subsequent installments. Funnily enough, she did so with another multiminute opening shot.2017 March 1, Sean T. Collins, “‘Legion’ Season 1, Episode 4: Mind Games”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2017
- A surname.
- The 71st sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
Proper noun (2)
Noah
- A female given name.
Proper noun (3) capitalized: NOAH
NOAH
Also used as
Noah is also the clipping of Noah's ark.
Noah meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Tagalog
Noah in Hindi
- biblical character
- नूह nūh
Noah in Urdu
- biblical character
- نوح nūh
Noah in Bengali
- biblical character
- নূহ nuho
- male given name
- নূহ nuho
- 71st sura of the Qur'an
- নূহ nuho
Noah in Tagalog
- biblical character
- Noe
More languagesFewer languages
- Noah in Arabic
- نُوح nūḥ
- Noah in Malay
- Nuh, Noh
- Noah in Persian
- نوح nuh
- Noah in Thai
- นูห์
- Noah in Vietnamese
- Nô-ê
- Noah in Myanmar
- နောဧ nau:e
Forms of Noah
| Proper noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | Noahs |
| alternative form | Noe |
| Noun | |
| plural | Noahs |
Origin of Noah
From Biblical Hebrew נֹחַ (Nōaḥ).
From Biblical Hebrew נֹעָה (Nōʿâ).
Abbreviation of Australian rhyming slang Noah's ark (“shark”).
Words formed from Noah
Phrases with Noah
Words that rhyme with Noah
Questions about Noah
- What does Noah mean?
- Noah means a figure in Abrahamic religions, believed to have built an ark to save his family and members of each species of animal from the Great Flood.
- What is Noah in Hindi?
- Noah in Hindi is नूह (nūh). See Noah meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Noah?
- Noah is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Noah?
- Noah is pronounced /ˈnəʊə/ (UK).
Words near Noah in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Noah (page history and authors); NOAH (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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