Adad

¹ American  

[ah-dahd] / ˈɑ dɑd /

noun

1. Babylonian god of storms and wind.

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ADAD ² American  

[ey-dad] / ˈeɪ dæd /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of ADAD

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

Example Sentences

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

A peculiar difficulty arises in the case of the god of storms, who, written IM, was generally known in Babylonia as Ramman, "the thunderer," whereas in Assyria he also had the designation Adad.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various

Virolleaud, Adad No. 3, lines 21 and 33.

From An Old Babylonian Version of the Gilgamesh Epic by Jastrow, Morris

They gave to the god whom they venerate as the highest and the greatest the name Adad, and which means unus or one.

From Fishes, Flowers, and Fire as Elements and Deities in the Phallic Faiths and Worship of the Ancient Religions of Greece, Babylon, by Anonymous