Definitions for Elamite

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Elamite E·lam·ite

Spelling: [ee-luh-mahyt]

IPA: /ˈi ləˌmaɪt/

Elamite is a 7 letter English word.

You can make 174 anagrams from letters in Elamite (aeeilmt).

Definitions for Elamite

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of ancient Elam.
2. Also, Elamitic. a language of unknown affinities, spoken by the Elamites as late as the 1st century b.c., written c3500–c2500 b.c. in a linear script and thereafter in a cuneiform script.

adjective

1. of or relating to Elam, its people, or their language.

Origin of Elamite

Elam + -ite¹

Examples for Elamite

There would consequently have been two Elamite usurpers instead of one.

They had doubtless been carried to Larsa when it fell into the hands of the Elamite invaders.

Larsa had been taken by storm by the Elamite forces, and its native king, Sin-idinnam, driven out.

Wearied of sacrificing princes of his house, the king substitutes Elamite prisoners of war.

But, as relations between Elam and Babylon grew more peaceful, Elamite captives were scarce.

The Elamite armies were well organized, and under a skilful general became irresistible.

No Elamite prisoner was hanged (as I had sagely conjectured) at any stage of the evolution of the Saca.

The little that we know of Elamite religion reveals to us a mysterious world, full of strange names and vague forms.

Like the Elamite war-captive he represents the king of Babylon, and dies for him.

This Humman was, he thinks, possibly an Elamite god of vegetation.