Ubaid
adjective
\üˈbād, -bīd\
variants: or
al ʽUbaid
\¦alə¦b-\Definition of Ubaid
: of or relating to an early Bronze Age culture in Mesopotamia prior to 3000 b.c.
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Origin and Etymology of ubaid
from al ʽUbaid (Tell el-Obeid), locality in southern Iraq
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