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Mede

[meed]
–noun
a native or inhabitant of Media.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME Medis (pl.), OE Mēdas < L Mēdī < Gk Mêdoi (pl.), Mêdos (sing.) < OPers Māda
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Mede   (mēd)   
n.  A member of an Iranian people, closely related to the Persians, inhabiting ancient Media.

[Ultimately from Greek Mēdos, from Old Persian Māda.]
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Mede

(Heb. Madai), a Median or inhabitant of Media (Dan. 11:1). In Gen. 10:2 the Hebrew word occurs in the list of the sons of Japheth. But probably this is an ethnic and not a personal name, and denotes simply the Medes as descended from Japheth.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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