Nabataean
Americannoun
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a member of an Arab trading people who flourished southeast of Palestine, around Petra, in the Hellenistic and Roman periods
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the extinct form of Aramaic spoken by this people
Etymology
Origin of Nabataean
1595–1605; < Latin Nabatae ( a ) name of kingdom + -an
Example Sentences
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The successful development of the ancient site of AlUla in the north, famed for Nabataean monuments that rival Petra, is a template for how such projects can be accomplished.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
The emperor Trajan added the Nabataean Kingdom, inhabited by a Semitic people of northern Arabia, to the Roman Empire in 106 CE.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
Saad in Abdulaziz Al Rashid goes on to cite the rich remains of the Nabataean cities of Al Ula and Mada'n Saleh, the furthest western outpost of the civilisation centred at Petra in Jordan.
From BBC • May 12, 2017
Yet in its 1st century heyday, this vital city of the Nabataean kingdom was a key trading post for merchants plying spices, frankincense and myrrh from as far away as Yemen.
From Time • Mar. 14, 2013
In 106 he annexed the kingdom of the Nabataean Arabs to the east of Palestine and Syria.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly
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