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| Amharic |
the official language of Ethiopia, which is part of the Semitic language family. |
| Arab |
a member of the Semitic people that originated in Arabia and now forms the dominant population in that and other Middle Eastern countries. [1/4 definitions] |
| Arabic |
designating, pertaining to, or in the script used to write the Semitic language of the Arabs, or Persian, Urdu, and other languages. [2/3 definitions] |
| Aramaic |
the Semitic language of ancient Syria, Palestine, and Southwest Asia. [1/3 definitions] |
| Assyrian |
the ancient Semitic dialect of Assyria. [1/3 definitions] |
| Astarte |
in Semitic mythology, a goddess of love and fertility. |
| Baal |
any of various local deities, usu. fertility gods, worshiped by certain ancient Semitic peoples. [1/2 definitions] |
| Ethiopic |
of or pertaining to any of the Semitic languages of Ethiopia. [2/3 definitions] |
| Hebrew |
a member of the group of Semitic people who trace descent from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; Israelite; Jew. [1/3 definitions] |
| Philistine |
a member of a non-Semitic people of Philistia who repeatedly warred with the ancient Hebrews. [1/4 definitions] |
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