Elamite
[i:lәmait]
Definition
(noun.) a member of an ancient warlike people living in Elam east of Babylonia as early as 3000 BC.
Edited by Andrea--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A dweller in Flam (or Susiana), an ancient kingdom of Southwestern Asia, afterwards a province of Persia.
Inputed by Kirsten
Examples
- Thence he marched on to Susa, once the chief city of the vanished and forgotten Elamites, and now the Persian capital. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Merodach, the Babylonian Jupiter, was carried off by the Elamites, and Babylon did not feel independent until its return. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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