Noah's ark

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Noah's ark¹

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Inherited from Middle English Noþess arrke.

proper noun 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. See Citations:Noah's ark

    Similar: Ark

noun Noah's arks · Noah's Ark

  1. A toy consisting of a model boat and animals to put in it.

    Similar: Noah, Noah's

  2. A small bivalve mollusc, Arca noae.
  3. Australia, slang A shark.
  4. Australia, obsolete, slang A nark (spoilsport).

Noah's Ark²

Where it comes from

From Noah's ark.

proper noun

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

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name the vessel built by Noah under God's instructions, as described in Genesis

Españolarca de Noé
한국어노아의 방주 Noa-ui bangju
日本語ノアの箱舟 Noa no hakobune
中文諾亞方舟 /诺亚方舟 Nuòyà fāngzhōu, 挪亞方舟 /挪亚方舟 Nuóyà fāngzhōu
हिन्दीनूह का जहाज़ nūh kā jahāz
PortuguêsArca de Noé
Françaisarche de Noé
DeutschArche Noah
Italianoarca di Noè
ΕλληνικάΚιβωτός του Νώε Kivotós tou Nóe
RomânăArca lui Noe
РусскийНо́ев ковче́г Nójev kovčég
Tiếng Việttàu Nô-ê
العربيةسَفِينَةُ نُوح safīnatu nūḥ, فُلْكُ نُوح fulku nūḥ
עבריתתֵּיבַת נֹחַ tevát nóakh

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@misc{noah_s_ark_2026,
  title = {Noah's ark},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/noah's%20ark},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}