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Noé

/noˈe/

proper noun/noˈe/

Noah (a figure in Abrahamic religions, believed to have built an ark to save his family and members of each species of animal from the Great Flood); a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Noah

Y vino Noé, y sus hijos, y su mujer, y las mujeres de sus hijos con él al arca, por las aguas del diluvio.And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. (KJV)

Learned borrowing from Latin Nōē, from Ancient Greek Νῶε (Nôe), from Biblical Hebrew נֹחַ (Nōaḥ).