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Nabatean

Nabatean is the alternative form of Nabataean.

Meaning of Nabataean

Adjective

Nabataean (comparative more Nabataean, superlative most Nabataean)

  1. Relating to the Nabataean people, their kings, art, architecture, religion, language, or script.
    • We tug our hammer-headed mules along the tourist trails of Petra, the fabled Nabataean capital cut from rock the color of living muscle.2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text

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Forms of Nabatean

Adjective
comparativemore Nabatean
superlativemost Nabatean
Noun
pluralNabateans

Questions about Nabatean

What is Nabatean the alternative form of?
Nabatean is the alternative form of Nabataean.

Words near Nabatean in the dictionary

  1. Nabasagan
  2. Nabataea
  3. Nabataean
  4. Nabataeans
  5. Nabatea
  6. Nabatean
  7. Nabateans
  8. Nabathaean
  9. Nabathaeans
  10. Nabathean
  11. Nabatheans

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Nabatean (page history and authors); Nabataean (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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