Definitions for Aras

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Aras A·ras

Spelling: [ah-rahs for 1; ar-uh s

IPA: /ɑˈrɑs for 1; ˈær əs for 2/

Aras is a 4 letter English word.

You can make 25 anagrams from letters in Aras (aars).

Definitions for Aras

noun

1. Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
2. Classical Mythology. the first king of Phliasia.
3. the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
4. a friend to the last degree.

Origin of Aras

From the Latin word āra altar

Examples for Aras

The southern boundary of Caucasia is in part coincident with the river Aras (Araxes), in part purely conventional and political.

This is the river now generally called the Aras, which flows into the Caspian on the south-west side.

The length of the Aras, including only main windings, is 500 miles.

In Lucretius v. 1202, "Aras sanguine multo spargere quadrupedum," the context shows that the ritual alluded to is not old Roman.

In the valley of the Aras, and in the western and southern districts, the climate is more moderate.

In the tract between the Kur and Aras, on the other hand, there is no sign of the early existence of any formidable power.

They have feathered cheeks like Parakeets, and their size is intermediate between them and the Aras.

Elsewhere the country has the character of a plateau, 7000 to 8000 ft. high, deeply trenched by tributaries of the Aras.

Describes, among other birds, the Aras and Parrots of the island of Martinique.