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Karak may refer to:
- karak, a Medieval Arabic term for a fortress, borrowed in Old French as crac (Modern French: krak):
Places
- Al-Karak or Kerak, city in Jordan, named after Kerak Castle
- Karak Governorate, Jordan
- al-Karak, Syria, city in Syria's Daraa Governorate
- Karak Nuh, village in the Beqaa Valley, Lebanon
- Karak, Iran (disambiguation)
- Karak, Pahang, town in Malaysia
- Karak Expressway, highway in Malaysia
- Karak, Pakistan, city in Pakistan
- Karak District, district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
- Khirbet Kerak (Karak) or Beth Yerah, archaeological site on the Sea of Galilee, Israel
People
- Karak (mascot), mascot in form of Red-tailed Black Cockatoo, 18th Commonwealth Games, Melbourne 2006
- Karak (surname), found in the state of Karnataka, India
History
- Siege of Kerak (1183) conducted by Saladin against the Crusader castle
- Siege of Al-Karak (1834) imposed by Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt on the town
- Gaya confederacy (Gaya is also known as Kaɾak), confederacy in southern Korea (42-562 CE)
Food
- Karak tea (شاي الكرك), an alternate name for Masala chai in the Persian Gulf region, a spiced milk tea beverage popular in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates
See also
- Carrack, a three- or four-masted ocean-going sailing ship
- Karaka (disambiguation)
- Korak (disambiguation)
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