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U⋅may⋅yad

  [oo-mahy-ad]
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Omayyad.
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O⋅may⋅yad

  [oh-mahy-ad]
–noun, plural -yads, -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.
Also, Ommiad, Umayyad.
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U·may·yad   (ōō-mī'ād)   
The first dynasty of Arab caliphs (661-750). Its capital was Damascus.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Umayyad 
"member of a Muslim dynasty which ruled the Caliphate 661-750 C.E. and in 756 C.E. founded an emirate in Spain," 1758, from Arabic, from Umayya, proper name of an ancestor of Muhammad from whom the dynasty claimed descent.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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