Definitions for elamiteˈi ləˌmaɪt

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

E•lam•iteˈi ləˌmaɪt(n.)

  1. a native or inhabitant of ancient Elam.

  2. the extinct languageof the Elamites, known principally from texts written in a cuneiform syllabary between the 13th and 5th centuries b.c.

    Category: Peoples

  3. (adj.)of or pertaining to Elam, its people, or their language.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Elamite(noun)

    a member of an ancient warlike people living in Elam east of Babylonia as early as 3000 BC

  2. Elamitic, Elamite, Susian(noun)

    an extinct ancient language of unknown affinities; spoken by the Elamites

Wiktionary

  1. Elamite(Noun)

    A dweller in ancient Elam.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Elamite(noun)

    a dweller in Flam (or Susiana), an ancient kingdom of Southwestern Asia, afterwards a province of Persia


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