Akhlât, or ARDISH, a town of Asiatic Turkey, on the NW. shore of Lake Van. It is the see of an Armenian bishop, and has an old citadel. Beside it are the ruins of Chelat, a former residence of independent Armenian princes. Pop. 4000.
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