nabataean

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Synonyms: nabatean, nabataea, nabataeans, nabatea

Antonyms: nabatean, nabataea, nabataeans, nabatea

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Noun

1. The ancient inhabitants of [[Nabataea]], a region of [[Arabia]] inhabited by the Nabataeans that covers parts of northern [[Arabia]] and the Southern [[Levant]], lying between [[Arabia]] and [[Syria]], and stretching from the [[Euphrates]] river to the [[Red Sea]]. During the [[Hellenistic]] Period, the Nabataeans were involved in a [[nexus]] of trade routes reaching as far as [[Italy]] to the west and [[India]] to the east, which centered at their city of [[Petra]] in what is now Western [[Jordan]] near the [[Negev]] Desert from before 310 BCE until the Roman conquest in 106 CE.
2. {{lb|en|historical}} Any of a group of people who once lived around modern Jordan.

Proper noun

1. The language of those people.

Adjective

1. Relating to the Nabataean people, their {{w|List of Nabataean kings|kings,}} {{w|Nabataean art|art,}} {{w|Nabataean architecture|architecture,}} {{w|Nabataean religion|religion,}} {{w|Nabataean Aramaic|language,}} or {{w|Nabataean script|script}}.

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