Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An ancient region of Mesopotamia occupying the northern part of Babylonia. It reached the height of its power in the third millennium BC.
- An ancient city of Mesopotamia and capital of the Akkadian empire.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
Accad .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun One of the ancient kingdoms of Mesopotamia (northern Babylonia).
- proper noun Also called Agade. A city in and the capital of this kingdom, one of the three cities of Nimrod's kingdom. Genesis 10:10.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The filmmaker in Akkad might have found something similar in the husband-and-wife suicide-bomber team who killed him: Mrs. al-Shamari entering the Radisson, the camera's eye nervously darting around, shuffling through to the ballroom; the guests standing about, Muslims holding their wedding party in a semi-Westernized style, the ladies with bright glossed lips and coiffed hair bursting through their perfunctory head coverings.
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The filmmaker in Akkad might have found something similar in the husband-and-wife suicide-bomber team who killed him: Mrs. al-Shamari entering the Radisson, the camera's eye nervously darting around, shuffling through to the ballroom; the guests standing about, Muslims holding their wedding party in a semi-Westernized style, the ladies with bright glossed lips and coiffed hair bursting through their perfunctory head coverings.
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The filmmaker in Akkad might have found something similar in the husband-and-wife suicide-bomber team who killed him: Mrs. al-Shamari entering the Radisson, the camera's eye nervously darting around, shuffling through to the ballroom; the guests standing about, Muslims holding their wedding party in a semi-Westernized style, the ladies with bright glossed lips and coiffed hair bursting through their perfunctory head coverings.
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The northern cities were embraced in the territory known as Akkad, and the southern in the land of Sumer, or
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Donald Alexander Mackenzie 1904
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'Akkad' is here used for Babylonia, and the qualification is added to distinguish her from other 'ladies,' as,
The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Morris Jastrow 1891
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It is said that Arshad is keen to bring out 'Akkad' as a tribute to our legandary icon Big B and his popular action flick 'Zanjeer'.
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Nour Akkad: What prompted you to leave Wall Street and launch your handbag collection?
Nour Akkad: How Handbag Designer Dareen Hakim Left Wall Street and Hasn't Looked Back Nour Akkad 2011
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Nour Akkad: What prompted you to leave Wall Street and launch your handbag collection?
Nour Akkad: How Handbag Designer Dareen Hakim Left Wall Street and Hasn't Looked Back Nour Akkad 2011
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I want to thank my research assistant, Ms. Dania Akkad, for editing the article.
Fawaz Gerges: The Rise and Fall of Al-Qaeda: Debunking the Terrorism Narrative Fawaz Gerges 2012
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Nour Akkad: What prompted you to leave Wall Street and launch your handbag collection?
Nour Akkad: How Handbag Designer Dareen Hakim Left Wall Street and Hasn't Looked Back Nour Akkad 2011
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