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Aramean

or Ar·a·mae·an

[ ar-uh-mee-uhn ]

noun

  1. a Semite of the division associated with Aram.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Aramean1

1825–35; < Latin Aramae ( us ) (< Greek aramaîos of Aram ) + -an
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Example Sentences

In course of time, Arabic replaced the Aramean dialect, and became the lingua franca of the Jews.

The qar'na (horn, κέρας) and sab'ka (σαμβύκη) are in root both Greek and Aramean.

Other colonists were brought from Hamath, the capital of the conquered northern Aramean kingdom.

Damascus, attacked in the rear by a northern Aramean people, was unable to cope with the Israelite armies.

Many of these peculiar words are Aramean; that is, they are words current in the Aramean branch of the Shemitic languages.

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