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Sassanid

US/ˈsæ.səˌnɪd/

Sassanid adjective: sasanian.

Adjective

Sassanid (not comparable)

  1. Sasanian.
    • In order to diminish the religious significance of the place, the British systematically referred to Salman Pak by its classical Sassanid name, Ctesiphon.2015, Eugene Rogan, The Fall of the Ottomans, Penguin, published 2016, page 233

Noun

Sassanid (plural Sassanids or Sassanidae)

  1. Sasanian.

Forms of Sassanid

pluralSassanids
pluralSassanidae

Origin of Sassanid

From Latin Sassanidēs, from Sassan + -idēs.

Words formed from Sassanid

Questions about Sassanid

What does Sassanid mean?
Sassanid means sasanian.
What part of speech is Sassanid?
Sassanid can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce Sassanid?
Sassanid is pronounced /ˈsæ.səˌnɪd/ (US).

Words near Sassanid in the dictionary

  1. Sassaks
  2. Sassaman
  3. Sassamans
  4. Sassanian
  5. Sassanians
  6. Sassanid
  7. Sassanid Empire
  8. Sassanidae
  9. Sassanide
  10. Sassanides
  11. Sassanids

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