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  2. Urartu - Wikipedia

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    For example išu = irdu = « foundation, establishment», irt ā nu = išt ā nu = «with big breasts», p ā štu = p ā ltu = «axe», išt ā nu = ilt ā nu = « the north» and so on. From the equivalence of Akkadian r=š, it follows that the readings aš 2 and aša 2 of the cuneiform AŠ 2 can also express the phonetic values ar and ara.

  3. Mount Ararat - Wikipedia

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    Mount Ararat forms a near-quadripoint between Turkey, Iran, Armenia, and the Nakhchivan exclave of Azerbaijan.Its summit is located some 16 km (10 mi) west of both the Iranian border and the border of the Nakhchivan exclave of Azerbaijan, and 32 km (20 mi) south of the Armenian border.

  4. Mountains of Ararat - Wikipedia

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    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]

  5. Name of Armenia - Wikipedia

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    Other examples include *h₂eh₁ter-→ *ātr-→ *ayr → ayrem ("burn"), *bʰréh₂tēr → ełbayr ("brother"). The name Ḫāte was given by Urartians to all lands west of Euphrates, including the territory around Malatya (a region assumed to be occupied by speakers of Proto-Armenians). Diakonoff theorized that when the Urartians were ...

  6. Mannaea - Wikipedia

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    Etymology of name The name of Mannaea ... (Jeremiah 51:27), Mannaea is called "Minni", and is mentioned with Ararat and Ashkenaz as some of the future destroyers of ...

  7. Artaxata - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Archaeologists Think They Might Have Found the Real Noah’s Ark

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    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 ...

  9. Doğubayazıt - Wikipedia

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    Doğubayazıt was the capital of the Kurdish Republic of Ararat led by Ibrahim Haski and Ihsan Nuri of the Xoybûn organization between 1927 and 1930. [14] The town was thus dubbed the provisional capital of Kurdistan and was subsequently presented to the League of Nations and the Great Powers as the center of an independent Kurdish state.