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Adad

¹ American

[ah-dahd] / ˈɑ dɑd /

noun

Babylonian god of storms and wind.

ADAD ² American

[ey-dad] / ˈeɪ dæd /

noun

a coded card or other device that when inserted into a telephone allows the user to reach a number without dialing.

Etymology

Origin of ADAD

a(utomatic telephone) d(ialing-)a(nnouncing) d(evice)

Example Sentences

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These tablets reveal that Ebla especially worshipped the storm god Adad, who was honored with the title “Ba‘al” or lord.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

But below him, an image of Adad, the god of weather, is barely visible - lost to the ravages of time and climate change.

From Reuters • Oct. 28, 2022

Adad, brother," cries Joe, clapping the little man on the shoulder, "why have you stowed away your noble talents so long under hatches?

From Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow by Strang, Herbert

A characteristic atmospheric deity was Ramman, the Rimmon of the Bible, the Semitic Addu, Adad, Hadad, or Dadu.

From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Mackenzie, Donald Alexander

If Ad be a chief, or king; Adad should be superlatively so, and signify a king of kings.

From A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Bryant, Jacob

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