Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A native or inhabitant of ancient Akkad.
- noun The Semitic language of Mesopotamia.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
Accadian .
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- adjective Of or pertaining to the Akkadian language of ancient
Mesopotamia . - adjective Of or pertaining to the Akkadian
Empire . - proper noun The now
extinct Semitic language of ancientMesopotamia , formerly used as aninternational language ofdiplomacy . - noun A
Semitic inhabitant of the region of Mesopotamia near the city ofAkkad .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an ancient branch of the Semitic languages
Etymologies
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At that time, scholars called the language of the first civilizations Assyrian, but they later learned that Assyrian developed from the more ancient tongue they call Akkadian.
Dictionary of Akkadian Language Links Modern Civilization with Ancient Origins 2011
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At that time, scholars called the language of the first civilizations Assyrian, but they later learned that Assyrian developed from the more ancient tongue they call Akkadian.
Dictionary of Akkadian Language Links Modern Civilization with Ancient Origins 2011
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At that time, scholars called the language of the first civilizations Assyrian, but they later learned that Assyrian developed from the more ancient tongue they call Akkadian.
Dictionary of Akkadian Language Links Modern Civilization with Ancient Origins 2011
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At that time, scholars called the language of the first civilizations Assyrian, but they later learned that Assyrian developed from the more ancient tongue they call Akkadian.
Dictionary of Akkadian Language Links Modern Civilization with Ancient Origins 2011
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At that time, scholars called the language of the first civilizations Assyrian, but they later learned that Assyrian developed from the more ancient tongue they call Akkadian.
Dictionary of Akkadian Language Links Modern Civilization with Ancient Origins 2011
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At that time, scholars called the language of the first civilizations Assyrian, but they later learned that Assyrian developed from the more ancient tongue they call Akkadian.
Dictionary of Akkadian Language Links Modern Civilization with Ancient Origins 2011
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This presumes that Ea might be transliterated into Hebrew as AYH, of course, but since Ea was vocalised as "éya" and is given in Akkadian as "Ay (y) a", maybe that's not such a stretch,
A Dark And Hidden God Hal Duncan 2006
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The tiny fragment bears an ancient form of writing known as Akkadian wedge script and has a partial text including the words "you," "them" and "later."
North Korean, U.N. officials to hold talks on sinking of South Korean warship 2010
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The tiny fragment bears an ancient form of writing known as Akkadian wedge script and has a partial text including the words "you," "them" and "later."
North Korean, U.N. officials to hold talks on sinking of South Korean warship 2010
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The tiny fragment bears an ancient form of writing known as Akkadian wedge script and has a partial text including the words "you," "them" and "later."
North Korean, U.N. officials to hold talks on sinking of South Korean warship 2010
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