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ALL meanings of aramaean

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  • adjective aramaean of or relating to Aram (the biblical name for ancient Syria) 3
  • noun aramaean a native or inhabitant of Aram 3
  • noun aramaean a member of a people that lived in ancient Syria (Aram) and Mesopotamia 3
  • abbreviation ARAMAEAN Aramaic 3
  • adjective aramaean of the Aramaeans or their language or culture 3
  • noun aramaean Also, Aramean, Aramaean. a northwest Semitic language that from c300 b.c.–a.d. 650 was a lingua franca for nearly all of SW Asia and was the everyday speech of Syria, Mesopotamia, and Palestine. Compare Biblical Aramaic. 1
  • adjective aramaean pertaining to Aram, or to the languages spoken there. 1
  • adjective aramaean noting or pertaining to the alphabetical, or perhaps syllabic, script used for the writing of Aramaic from about the ninth century b.c. and from which were derived the Hebrew, Arabic, Armenian, Pahlavi, Uighor, and many other scripts, probably including Brahmi. 1
  • noun aramaean Any member of a West Semitic semi-nomadic and pastoralist people who lived in the Levant and later also in upper Mesopotamia (Biblical Aram) during the Late Bronze Age and the Iron Age. They spoke Aramaic. 0
  • adjective aramaean Of or pertaining to Aramaeans or Aram. 0
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