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Ak⋅kad

  [ak-ad, ah-kahd]
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–noun Also, Accad.
1. one of the ancient kingdoms of Mesopotamia, the northern division of Babylonia.
2. Also called Agade. a city in and the capital of this kingdom, one of the three cities of Nimrod's kingdom. Gen. 10:10.
–adjective
3. Akkadian.
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Ak·kad also Ac·cad   (āk'ād', ä'käd')   

  1. An ancient region of Mesopotamia occupying the northern part of Babylonia. It reached the height of its power in the third millennium B.C.

  2. also A·ga·de (ə-gä'də) An ancient city of Mesopotamia and capital of the Akkadian empire.

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