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AKKADIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Akkadian mean? 

AKKADIAN (noun)
  The noun AKKADIAN has 1 sense:

1. an ancient branch of the Semitic languagesplay

  Familiarity information: AKKADIAN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


AKKADIAN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An ancient branch of the Semitic languages

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Akkadian" is a kind of...):

Semitic (a major branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family)

Domain region:

Mesopotamia (the land between the Tigris and Euphrates; site of several ancient civilizations; part of what is now known as Iraq)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Akkadian"):

Assyrian; Assyrian Akkadian (an extinct language of the Assyrians in ancient Mesopotamia)


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