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Halafian

Halafian adjective: of or relating to the Mesopotamian Neolithic Halaf culture.

Adjective

Halafian (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the Mesopotamian Neolithic Halaf culture.
    • According to Mellaart, the Halafian culture on the shores of the Euphrates in the mid-sixth millennium B.C. seems to have been greatly influenced by Anatolia.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 160

Origin of Halafian

From Halaf (“referring to Tell Halaf in northern Syria”) + -ian.

Questions about Halafian

What does Halafian mean?
Halafian means of or relating to the Mesopotamian Neolithic Halaf culture.
What part of speech is Halafian?
Halafian is an adjective.

Words near Halafian in the dictionary

  1. halachically
  2. halachos
  3. halachot
  4. halachoth
  5. halacrinate
  6. Halafian
  7. Halahala
  8. Halahora de Sus
  9. Halaib
  10. Halaib Triangle
  11. halakah

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