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Meaning of arca | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B1
[ˈar.ka]

Definitions

  1. chest, box, coffer, safe (safe place for storing items, or anything of a similar shape)
    declension-1, feminine
  2. a town in Phoenicia situated between Tripolis and Antaradus
    declension-1, feminine, singular
  3. coffin (box for the dead)
    declension-1, feminine
  4. ark (kind of ship that holds things safe)
    declension-1, feminine
  5. Noah's Ark
    declension-1, feminine
  6. Ark of the Covenant
    declension-1, feminine
  7. cistern, reservoir, cupboard, prison cell
    declension-1, feminine

Equivalents

English Ark box Cage chest Coffer coffin safe
Kurdî box

Examples

“Arca, this time in Latin, is the chest, the "ark of acacia wood," which contains the stone Tablets; but arca is also the cupboard, the coffin, the prison cell, or the cistern, the reservoir.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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