Akkad
Pronunciation
- enPR: äk'äd IPA: /ˈɑËk.É‘Ëd/
Alternative forms
Origin
From Hebrew ×ַכַּד, from Akkadian ð’€ð’…—ð’º (akkadu, "Accadians"), from ð’…—ð’ºð’Š’/𒆪ð’ºð’Š’ (kudurru, "marks, bounds"), compound of ð’…—,ð’† ð’„ (kiam, "thus"), genitive of ð’† (ki, "how"), and ð’•ð’Šð’Š’ (dararu, "roam").
Full definition of Akkad
Proper noun
Akkad
(plural Akkads)- One of the ancient kingdoms of Mesopotamia (northern Babylonia).
- Also called Agade. A city in and the capital of this kingdom, one of the three cities of Nimrod's kingdom. Genesis 10:10.