Mede

American

[meed] / mid /

noun

a native or inhabitant of Media.

Mede British

/ miːd /

noun

a member of an Indo-European people of West Iranian speech who established an empire in SW Asia in the 7th and 6th centuries _bc

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Other Word Forms

Median

noun

Etymology

Origin of Mede

1350–1400; Middle English Medis (plural), Old English Mēdas < Latin Mēdī < Greek Mêdoi (plural), Mêdos (singular) < Old Persian Māda

Example Sentences

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The contest will be hosted by actor Malin Åkerman and presenter and comedian Petra Mede, who was also at the helm in 2013 and 2016.

From BBC • May 3, 2024

TotalEnergies also said fuel shipments were disrupted at its La Mede, Donges, and Normandy sites, but added it continued to make sure petrol stations were supplied.

From Reuters • Jan. 26, 2023

Bettina Wachter, a single parent in Valley Mede, said many students in her neighborhood walk to school.

From Washington Post • Nov. 14, 2019

Would he call someone a “degenerate libertine”? Reference Darius the Mede?

From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2017

Then a Persian, the slave of a Mede, brings a new sign of good fortune to Cyrus when far from his fatherland on the borders of the Cadusians.

From The History of Antiquity Vol. V. by Duncker, Max

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