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Ghassanian

Ghassanian adjective: of the tribe of Ghassanids.

Adjective

Ghassanian (not comparable)

  1. Of the tribe of Ghassanids.
    • This defeat turned out to be disastrous for the Ghassanids. After the disappearance of the Ghassanid state, isolated Ghassanian princes continued to reign in some oases and castles[…]1999, Glen Warren Bowersock, Late Antiquity: A Guide to the Postclassical World, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 469

Noun

Ghassanian (plural Ghassanians)

  1. Ghassanid (member of a particular Arab tribe)
    • […] send messages to the Byzantine Emperor, the King of Persia, […] and two Christian Arab chiefs - one a Ghassanian on the Syrian frontier , the other in Yemama^([sic])[…]1940, U. Wayriffe, Arabica & Islamica

Forms of Ghassanian

pluralGhassanians

Questions about Ghassanian

What does Ghassanian mean?
Ghassanian means of the tribe of Ghassanids.
What part of speech is Ghassanian?
Ghassanian can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Ghassanian in the dictionary

  1. ghasdana
  2. ghasel
  3. ghasels
  4. Ghashghai
  5. Ghassan
  6. Ghassanian
  7. Ghassanians
  8. Ghassanid
  9. Ghassanids
  10. Ghassemi
  11. ghassoul

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