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Places

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Arak, Algeria Arak is a village in the commune of In Amguel, in Tamanrasset District, Tamanrasset Province, Algeria. It is located on the N1 national highway about halfway between In Salah and Tamanrasset, near the Arak gorges The Arak gorges are a series of ...
, a village in In Amguel Commune of Tamanrasset Province, Algeria ** Arak gorges, a series of gorges in Algeria *
Arak, Iran Arak ( fa, اراک, ''Arâk''; ) is the capital of Markazi Province, Iran. At the 2011 census, its population was 526,182, in 160,761 families. The city is nicknamed the "Industrial Capital of Iran". As a major industrial city, Arak hosts sever ...
, a city in Markazi Province, Iran ** Arak County, an administrative subdivision centred on the city * Araq, Iran, a village in North Khorasan Province, Iran * Arak, Mengen, a village in Bolu Province, Turkey * Arak, Republic of Dagestan, a rural locality in Dagestan, Russia *
Arak, Syria Arak ( ar, آراك, also spelled Urak or Araq) is a village in eastern Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate. It is situated on an oasis in the Syrian Desert along the road between Palmyra which is 28 kilometers to the southwest and ...
, a historic desert town in Syria


Beverages

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Arak (drink) Arak or araq ( ar, ﻋﺮﻕ) is a distilled Levantine spirit of the anise drinks family. It is translucent and unsweetened. History Arak evolved from the Arab invention of alembic distillation in the 12th century. As the vast majority of Ara ...
, an alcoholic beverage of the Eastern Mediterranean *
Arrack Arrack is a distilled alcoholic drink typically produced in India, Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia, made from the fermented sap of coconut flowers or sugarcane, and also with grain (e.g. red rice) or fruit depending upon the country of origin ...
, an alcoholic beverage of South and Southeast Asia


Other uses

* Arak (character), the hero of ''Arak, Son of Thunder'', a comic book published by DC Comics * Arak University, Arak, Iran * Arak, a tree or shrub, species ''
Salvadora persica ''Salvadora persica'' or the toothbrush tree is a small evergreen tree native to India, the Middle East and Africa. Its sticks are traditionally used as a natural toothbrush called ''miswak'' and are mentioned by the World Health Organization f ...
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See also

* * Arac (disambiguation) * Araki (disambiguation) * Araqi (disambiguation) * Arrakis (disambiguation) {{disambiguation, geo