- a variation of Sabean.
Sabaean
Britishnoun
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an inhabitant or native of ancient Saba
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the ancient Semitic language of Saba
adjective
Etymology
Origin of Sabaean
C16: from Latin Sabaeus, from Greek Sabaios belonging to Saba (Sheba)
Example Sentences
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Marib was the capital of the Sabaean kingdom, which used the dam to great purpose for farming in the city by means of an intricate irrigation system.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
Similarities in architecture and polytheistic practices suggest that the Aksumites may have originally descended from the Sabaean people of southern Arabia.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
It must have been some old sacred language—Phoenician, Sabaean, I know not what—which had survived in the rite of the Snake.
From Prester John by Buchan, John
An Assyrian inscription mentions Ith‛amara the Sabaean who paid tribute to Sargon in 715 B.C.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various
The seals are inscribed with Sabaean writing and are of bronze, copper, silver and stone.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various
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