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Nov 30, 2009
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E•lam•ite



Pronunciation: (ē'lu-mīt"), [key]
—n.
1. a native or inhabitant of ancient Elam.
2. Also,Elamitic.a language of unknown affinities, spoken by the Elamites as late as the 1st century b.c., written c3500–c2500 b.c. in a linear script and thereafter in a cuneiform script.

—adj.
of or pertaining to Elam, its people, or their language.

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