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Despite the supposed meaning in Turkish Ağrı Dağı as "pain mountain" and Kurdish Çiyayê Agirî as "fiery mountain", some linguists underline a relationship between the mountain's name and a village on its slopes called Ağori that was decimated after a landslide in 1840. The exact meaning of these related names remains unknown. [29]
HMAS Ararat, the name of two ships in the Royal Australian Navy; Ararat, an EP by the Israeli metal band Orphaned Land; Ararat, a fictional town in Hungary, a hometown of Dukay family, in the books written by Lajos Zilahy from 1947 until 1965; Ararat, a fictional planet in the p Eridani solar system, in the book Absolution Gap by Alastair Reynolds
Depiction of Noah's ark landing on the "mountains of Ararat", from the North French Hebrew Miscellany (13th century). In the Book of Genesis, the mountains of Ararat (Biblical Hebrew הָרֵי אֲרָרָט , Tiberian hārê ’Ǎrārāṭ, Septuagint: τὰ ὄρη τὰ Ἀραράτ) [1] is the term used to designate the region in which Noah's Ark comes to rest after the Great Flood. [2]
The name Ararat was translated as Armenia in the 1st century AD in historiographical works [35] and very early Latin translations of the Bible, [36] as well as the Books of Kings [37] and Isaiah in the Septuagint. Some English language translations, including the King James Version, [38] follow the Septuagint translation of Ararat as Armenia. [39]
The highlands are divided into western and eastern regions, defined by the Ararat Valley where Mount Ararat is located. Western Armenia is nowadays referred to as eastern Anatolia, and Eastern Armenia as the Lesser Caucasus or Caucasus Minor, and historically as the Anti-Caucasus, [3] [4] meaning "opposite the Caucasus".
Archaeologists believe they may have discovered the final location of Noah’s Ark on Turkey’s Mount Ararat. Soil samples from atop the highest peaks in Turkey reveal human activity and marine ...
The name has been compared with that of Ares, the Greek god of war; Ara, a figure in the Avesta; and with Er, a character in a tale recounted in Plato's Republic who returns from the dead . [2] In the Armenian tradition Ara's name is connected with the names of Mount Ararat , the province of Ayrarat , [ 3 ] and Mount Aragats .
Drawing of Mount Ararat with ancient city. The name of the city is of Iranian origin. Artaxata/Artashat can be interpreted as meaning "the joy of Arta (truth)," [1] although it is actually a shortening of Artaxšas-šāt, meaning "the joy of Artaxias," as reflected in the alternative Greek form Artaxiasata.