Used in a Sentence

elam

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for elam.

Editorial note

There are reasons to believe that the few Linear Elam inscriptions discovered today record the same Elamite language.

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Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A Meitei surname from Manipuri

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of elam gathered in one view.

noun

A Meitei surname from Manipuri

noun

A surname.

noun

(historical) An ancient civilization and empire in modern southwestern Iran, existing between c. 3200 BCE and 539 BCE. Capital: Susa.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for elam.

noun

A Meitei surname from Manipuri

noun

A surname.

noun

(historical) An ancient civilization and empire in modern southwestern Iran, existing between c. 3200 BCE and 539 BCE. Capital: Susa.

Example sentences

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There are reasons to believe that the few Linear Elam inscriptions discovered today record the same Elamite language.

2

The site grew out of an independent effort to decipher Linear Elam but these days we pretty much track what Desset is publishing.

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All the way to the deepest depth of history actually: Sumer and Elam left behind records of slavery and later on in Ur we find laws seting up a framework for slavery.

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> Previously, Darling and fellow Argonne chemist Jeff Elam had developed a technique called sequential infiltration synthesis, or SIS, which can be used to infuse hard metal oxide atoms within complicated nanostructures.

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The undisputed face of the MRM is Paul Elam who runs the hugely popular "A Voice for Men" website.

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The people being describes are the leaders of the "movement", like Elam.

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Funny I have a shirt that reads "Prince of Susa" to the three people (not me) who can read Linear Elam.

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Paul Elam's mocking Jezebel and their gang, and rightly so.

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You are ignoring for example the Medes and Elam.

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I haven't played OMF in decades, yet I still remember most of their names - Rob Elam, Ryan Elam, the genius music composer Kenny Chou[1] and not to forget the baby, Bethany Kay Elam.

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But if you do want to just consider the people broadly construed, you're stuck with the fact that the relevant state in the late Bronze Age was Elam, which isn't Iranian at all, and "Persia" still doesn't apply.

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Funny anecdote from a friend who worked with Linear Elam and was very skeptical of the Desset proposal: When he applied the proposed decipherment to a short inscription on a pot, it read "God condemns who takes this vase", freely translated:-) Earlier proposals had swathes of special cases to account for inconsistencies.

Quote examples

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The undisputed face of the MRM is Paul Elam who runs the hugely popular "A Voice for Men" website.

2

The people being describes are the leaders of the "movement", like Elam.

3

Funny I have a shirt that reads "Prince of Susa" to the three people (not me) who can read Linear Elam.

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But if you do want to just consider the people broadly construed, you're stuck with the fact that the relevant state in the late Bronze Age was Elam, which isn't Iranian at all, and "Persia" still doesn't apply.

Proper noun examples

1

Paul Elam's mocking Jezebel and their gang, and rightly so.

2

You are ignoring for example the Medes and Elam.

3

I haven't played OMF in decades, yet I still remember most of their names - Rob Elam, Ryan Elam, the genius music composer Kenny Chou[1] and not to forget the baby, Bethany Kay Elam.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use elam in a sentence?

There are reasons to believe that the few Linear Elam inscriptions discovered today record the same Elamite language.

What does elam mean?

A Meitei surname from Manipuri

What part of speech is elam?

elam is commonly used as noun.