Akkadian adjective & noun. [ǝ'keɪdɪǝn] Also Accadian. M19.
[from Akkad, a city and district in ancient Babylonia + -IAN.]
A. adjective. Of or pertaining to an eastern Semitic language of northern Babylonia, known from cuneiform inscriptions, and having two dialects, Assyrian and Babylonian; of or pertaining to the people of northern Babylonia. M19.
b. noun.
1. The Akkadian language. L19.

2. A native or inhabitant of Akkad or northern Babylonia. L19.

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