Related Searches

Omayyad

[oh-mahy-ad]

O·may·yad

[oh-mahy-ad]
noun, plural O·may·yads, O·may·ya·des [-uh-deez] .
1.
a member of the dynasty that ruled at Damascus a.d. 661–750, claiming descent from Omayya, cousin of the grandfather of Muhammad the Prophet.
2.
a member of the dynasty of caliphs that ruled in southern Spain, a.d. 756–1031: related to the Damascus dynasty.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source Link To Omayyad

00:10

00:09

00:08

00:07

00:06

00:05

00:04

00:03

00:02

00:01

Omayyad is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
Collins
World English Dictionary
Omayyad or Ommiad (əʊˈmaɪæd)
 
n , pl -yads, -yades, -ads, -ades
1.  a caliph of the dynasty ruling (661--750 ad) from its capital at Damascus
2.  an emir (756--929 ad) or caliph (929--1031 ad) of the Omayyad dynasty in Spain
 
Ommiad or Ommiad (əʊˈmaɪæd, -əˌdiːz)
 
n

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature