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Adad

¹ American

[ah-dahd] / ˈɑ dɑd /

noun

Babylonian god of storms and wind.

ADAD ² American

[ey-dad] / ˈeɪ dæd /

noun

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

Etymology

Origin of ADAD

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

Example Sentences

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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

Adad, I love her more and more, Ralph—call old Susan hither—come, Mr. Bearjest, put the Glass about.

From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III by Summers, Montague

An atmospheric deity, he shares the attributes of the Indian Indra, the thunder and rain god, and Vayu, the wind god; he also resembles the Semitic Adad or Rimman, who links with the Hittite Tarku.

From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Mackenzie, Donald Alexander

Shamash and Adad, in their changeless regard to the king, my lord, have confirmed him in the kingdom of all lands.

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

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