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Language: Old English
Origin: arc, from Latin arca 'box'

ark

 noun
     
Related topics: Water
ark [countable]
1TTW a large ship
2

the Ark

RRC in the Bible, the large boat built by Noah to save his family and the animals from a flood that covered the earth
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