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Aramaean
noun Ar·a·mae·an \ˌa-rə-ˈmē-ən, ˌer-ə-\
Definition of ARAMAEAN
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: aramaic
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: a member of a Semitic people of the second millennium b.c. in Syria and Upper Mesopotamia
— Aramaean adjective
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Ar·a·mae·an also Ar·a·me·an \ˌa-rə-ˈmē-ən, ˌer-ə-\
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Origin of ARAMAEAN
Latin Aramaeus, from Greek Aramaios, from Hebrew ʽĂrām Aramaic, ancient name for Syria
First Known Use: 1689
Rhymes with ARAMAEAN
Aeschylean, Anacreon, apogean, Atlantean, Caribbean, Cerberean, cyclopean, Damoclean, empyrean, European, Galilean, Hasmonaean, Herculean, Idumaean, Ituraean, Jacobean, kallikrein, Maccabean, Manichaean, Mycenaean, nemertean, nepenthean, panacean, perigean, Sadducean, Sisyphean, Tacitean, Tennessean, Typhoean
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