Adad

¹ American  

[ah-dahd] / ˈɑ dɑd /

noun

1. Babylonian god of storms and wind.

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ADAD ² American  

[ey-dad] / ˈeɪ dæd /

noun

1. a coded card or other device that when inserted into a telephone allows the user to reach a number without dialing.

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Etymology

Origin of ADAD

a(utomatic telephone) d(ialing-)a(nnouncing) d(evice)

Example Sentences

These tablets reveal that Ebla especially worshipped the storm god Adad, who was honored with the title “Ba‘al” or lord.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

But below him, an image of Adad, the god of weather, is barely visible - lost to the ravages of time and climate change.

From Reuters • Oct. 28, 2022

I should, therefore, think that Adad, in its primitive sense, signified πρωτος, and πρωτευων: and, in a secondary meaning, it denoted a chief, or prince.

From A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Bryant, Jacob

Grand prince, whose prayers Adad knows well, I soothed the heart of Adad, the warrior in Bît Karkara.

From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by Johns, C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter)

In many cases, therefore, we may be in doubt how the sign IM is to be read, more particularly since this same god appears to have had other designations besides Ramman and Adad.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various