Accad

British  

/ ˈækæd /

noun

1. a variant spelling of Akkad

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Example Sentences

A classmate, 16-year-old Kiara Accad, said she had come to the United States from the Philippines believing that Columbus had discovered an uninhabited land.

From Washington Post • Nov. 21, 2017

Sargon I of Accad, and his son Naram-Sin, had already made expeditions into the far west.

From Fresh Light from the Ancient Monuments by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)

Indeed it is possible that the city of Agade or Accad, from which the district of Accad seems to have derived its name, was of Semitic foundation.

From A Primer of Assyriology by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)

The more northern region, Accad, is, indeed, more thinly peopled; there the tribes of Semites, who now arrive in frequent instalments, spread rapidly and unhindered.

From Chaldea From the Earliest Times to the Rise of Assyria by Ragozin, Zénaïde A. (Zénaïde Alexeïevna)

Not only were there separate kingdoms in Accad and Sumer, or northern and southern Chaldaea, many of the great cities also once formed separate states.

From A Primer of Assyriology by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)