Akkadian: Meaning and Definition of
Ak•ka•di•an
Pronunciation: (u-kā'dē-un, u-kä'-), [key]
— n.
- the eastern Semitic language, now extinct, of Assyria and Babylonia, written with a cuneiform script.
- one of the Akkadian people.
- Sumerian.
—adj.
- of or belonging to Akkad.
- of or pertaining to the eastern Semitic language called Akkadian.
- Sumerian.
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