UMAYYAD


Meaning of UMAYYAD in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ü-ˈmī-əd ]

noun

Usage: often attributive

Etymology: Arabic ( banū) umayya, Meccan kin group to which the Umayyad caliphs belonged

Date: 1758

: a member of a dynasty of caliphs based in Damascus that ruled from A.D. 661 to 750

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