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Noah's ark

Noah's ark proper noun: the vessel built by Noah under God's instructions, as described in Genesis and the Quran, to save his family and a collection of animals from the deluge.

noah's ark: the vessel built by Noah under God's instructions, as described in Genesis and the Quran, to save...
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Proper noun (1)

Noah's ark

  1. The vessel built by Noah under God's instructions, as described in Genesis and the Quran, to save his family and a collection of animals from the deluge.
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    Synonyms:
    Ark

Noun

Noah's ark (plural Noah's arks)

  1. A toy consisting of a model boat and animals to put in it.
    Synonyms:
    Noah, Noah's
  2. A small bivalve mollusc, Arca noae.
  3. (Australia, slang) A shark.
  4. (Australia, obsolete, slang) A nark (spoilsport).

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Noah's Ark

Noah's Ark

  1. A hamlet in Kemsing parish, Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5557).
  2. Alternative letter-case form of Noah's ark.

Noah's ark meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Tagalog

Noah's ark in Hindi

the vessel built by Noah under God's instructions, as described in Genesis
नूह का जहाज़ nūh kā jahāz

Noah's ark in Urdu

the vessel built by Noah under God's instructions, as described in Genesis
نُوح کی کَشْتی nūh kī kaśtī

Noah's ark in Bengali

the vessel built by Noah under God's instructions, as described in Genesis
নূহের নৌকা nuher nōuka

Noah's ark in Tagalog

the vessel built by Noah under God's instructions, as described in Genesis
Arka ni Noe, Daong ni Noe
More languagesFewer languages
Noah's ark in Arabic
سَفِينَةُ نُوح safīnatu nūḥ, فُلْكُ نُوح fulku nūḥ
Noah's ark in Malay
Bahtera Nabi Nuh
Noah's ark in Indonesian
Bahtera Nuh
Noah's ark in Thai
เรือโนอาห์
Noah's ark in Vietnamese
tàu Nô-ê

Synonyms of Noah's ark

Forms of Noah's ark

Proper noun
alternative formNoah's Ark
Noun
pluralNoah's arks

Origin of Noah's ark

Inherited from Middle English Noþess arrke.

From Noah's ark.

Questions about Noah's ark

What does Noah's ark mean?
Noah's ark means the vessel built by Noah under God's instructions, as described in Genesis and the Quran, to save his family and a collection of animals from the deluge.
What is Noah's ark in Hindi?
Noah's ark in Hindi is नूह का जहाज़ (nūh kā jahāz). See Noah's ark meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Noah's ark?
Noah's ark can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Noah's ark in the dictionary

  1. NOAELs
  2. Noah
  3. noah fence
  4. Noah syndrome
  5. Noah's
  6. Noah's ark
  7. Noah's arks
  8. Noahian
  9. Noahic
  10. Noahide
  11. Noahides

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