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Elam   /ˈɛləm/   Listen
Elam

noun
1.
An ancient country in southwestern Asia to the east of the Tigris River (in what is modern Iran); was known for its warlike people.  Synonym: Susiana.






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"Elam" Quotes from Famous Books



... large synagogue. And at the side thereof the Mohammedans erected a house of prayer out of their great love and veneration for him, and they like the Jews on that account. And the Mohammedans come hither to pray[151]. Thence it is four days to Khuzistan, which is Elam. This province is not inhabited in its entirety, for part of it lies waste. In the midst of its ruins is Shushan (Susa), the capital, the site of the palace of King Ahasuerus. Here are the remains of a large structure of great antiquity. The city contains ...
— The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela • Benjamin of Tudela

... relates to him the two dreams of the king, Gilgamish. In these dreams which he has told to his mother he receives premonition concerning the advent of the satyr Enkidu, destined to join with him in the conquest of Elam. ...
— The Epic of Gilgamish - A Fragment of the Gilgamish Legend in Old-Babylonian Cuneiform • Stephen Langdon

... Elam was the main Whizzer in a huddle of Queen Annes, bounded on the North by a gleaming Cemetery, on the East by a limping subdivision, on the South by a deserted Creamery, and on the West by an expanse ...
— Ade's Fables • George Ade



Words linked to "Elam" :   geographic area, geographical region, geographical area, geographic region



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