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ELAMITE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Elamite mean?
• ELAMITE (noun)
The noun ELAMITE has 2 senses:
1. a member of an ancient warlike people living in Elam east of Babylonia as early as 3000 BC
2. an extinct ancient language of unknown affinities; spoken by the Elamites
Familiarity information: ELAMITE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A member of an ancient warlike people living in Elam east of Babylonia as early as 3000 BC
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Elamite" is a kind of...):
Caucasian; White; White person (a Caucasian)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An extinct ancient language of unknown affinities; spoken by the Elamites
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("Elamite" is a kind of...):
natural language; tongue (a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language)
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