Aramaean

Ar·a·mae·an

noun \ˌa-rə-ˈmē-ən, ˌer-ə-\

Definition of ARAMAEAN

1

: aramaic

2

: a member of a Semitic people of the second millennium b.c. in Syria and Upper Mesopotamia

— Aramaean adjective

Variants of ARAMAEAN

Ar·a·mae·an also Ar·a·me·an \ˌa-rə-ˈmē-ən, ˌer-ə-\

Origin of ARAMAEAN

Latin Aramaeus, from Greek Aramaios, from Hebrew ʽĂrām Aramaic, ancient name for Syria

First Known Use: 1839

Rhymes with ARAMAEAN

Aeschylean, Anacreon, apogean, Atlantean, Caribbean, Cerberean, cyclopean, Damoclean, empyrean, European, Galilean, Hasmonaean, Herculean, Idumaean, Ituraean, Jacobean, kallikrein, Maccabean, Manichaean, Mycenaean, nemertean, nepenthean, panacean, perigean, Sadducean, Sisyphean, Tacitean, Tennessean, Typhoean