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Ak⋅ka⋅di⋅an

  [uh-key-dee-uhn, uh-kah-]
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–noun
1. the eastern Semitic language, now extinct, of Assyria and Babylonia, written with a cuneiform script.
2. one of the Akkadian people.
3. Obsolete. Sumerian.
–adjective
4. of or belonging to Akkad.
5. of or pertaining to the eastern Semitic language called Akkadian.
6. Obsolete. Sumerian.
Also, Accadian.

Origin:
1850–55; Akkad + -ian
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Ak·ka·di·an   (ə-kā'dē-ən)   
n.  

  1. A native or inhabitant of ancient Akkad.

  2. The Semitic language of Mesopotamia. Also called Assyrian.

Ak·ka'di·an adj.
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Word Origin & History

Akkadian 
1855, from Akkad, name of city founded by Sargon I in northern Babylonia, applied to the east Sem. language spoken there (c.2300-2100 B.C.E.), preserved in cuneiform inscriptions.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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