akkadian (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Akkadian*:
NOUN	communication	Akkadian	an ancient branch of the Semitic languages

Akkadian > pronunciation
Sounds	ahkey'diyahn
Rhymes	Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn...

English > *Akkadian*: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
Meaning	An ancient branch of the Semitic languages.
Region	Mesopotamia	The land between the Tigris and Euphrates
Narrower	Assyrian Akkadian, Assyrian	An extinct language of the Assyrians in ancient Mesopotamia
Broader	Semitic	A major branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family
Spanish	acadio, lengua acadia
Catalan	acadi, acadio, accadi

HyperDic: akkadian