Akkadian

or Ac·ca·di·an

[ uh-key-dee-uhn, uh-kah- ]

noun
  1. the eastern Semitic language, now extinct, of Assyria and Babylonia, written with a cuneiform script.

  2. one of the Akkadian people.

  1. Obsolete. Sumerian.

adjective
  1. of or belonging to Akkad.

  2. of or relating to the eastern Semitic language called Akkadian.

  1. Obsolete. Sumerian.

Origin of Akkadian

1
First recorded in 1850–55; Akkad + -ian

Words Nearby Akkadian

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British Dictionary definitions for Akkadian

Akkadian

Accadian

/ (əˈkædɪən, əˈkeɪ-) /


noun
  1. a member of an ancient Semitic people who lived in central Mesopotamia in the third millennium bc

  2. the extinct language of this people, belonging to the E Semitic subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic family

adjective
  1. of or relating to this people or their language

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