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Nabataean
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Nab·a·tae·an also Nab·a·te·an  (nb-tn)
n.
1. A subject of the kingdom of Nabataea.
2. The Aramaic dialect of the Nabataeans.
Nabataean, Nabatean [ˌnæbəˈtiːən]
n
1. (Social Science / Peoples) a member of an Arab trading people who flourished southeast of Palestine, around Petra, in the Hellenistic and Roman periods
2. (Linguistics / Languages) the extinct form of Aramaic spoken by this people
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