Definition of Aksumite in English:
Aksumite
(also Axumite)
adjectiveˈɑːksəmʌɪtˈɑksuˌmaɪt
Relating to or characteristic of the Ethiopian city of Aksum or its inhabitants.
contemporary Aksumite buildings
Example sentencesExamples
- It seems more likely that the foundation for the legend lies in the prosperous Axumite empire in the north of present-day Ethiopia.
- Unfortunately, little is known about the stelae - how or why they were constructed, the rituals associated with them, how they relate to the adjacent tombs, or Aksumite life in general.
- The church has crisp horizontal banding and window details in typically Aksumite style.
- Clay representations of animals and human heads have been discovered by archaeologists working on the Aksumite and pre-Aksumite civilizations of northern Ethiopia.
- The great Axumite civilization rose in the northern province of Tigray, from 500 BC to 1100 AD.
nounˈɑːksəmʌɪtˈɑksuˌmaɪt
A native or inhabitant of the Ethiopian city of Aksum.
the case has been made that the anonymous king was not an Aksumite
Example sentencesExamples
- The case has occasionally been made that the anonymous king who erected Monumentum Adulitanum II was not an Aksumite.
- The Axumites dominated the Red Sea trade by the third century.
- The Axumites and the Romans became economic partners who controlled the Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea trades, respectively.
- Claudius Ptolemy was the first to mention the Aksumites as one of the peoples of Ethiopia.
- It is not known how the Aksumites erected the stones.
Definition of Aksumite in US English:
Aksumite
(also Axumite)
adjectiveˈäkso͞oˌmītˈɑksuˌmaɪt
Relating to or characteristic of the Ethiopian city of Aksum or its inhabitants.
contemporary Aksumite buildings
Example sentencesExamples
- Clay representations of animals and human heads have been discovered by archaeologists working on the Aksumite and pre-Aksumite civilizations of northern Ethiopia.
- The great Axumite civilization rose in the northern province of Tigray, from 500 BC to 1100 AD.
- It seems more likely that the foundation for the legend lies in the prosperous Axumite empire in the north of present-day Ethiopia.
- The church has crisp horizontal banding and window details in typically Aksumite style.
- Unfortunately, little is known about the stelae - how or why they were constructed, the rituals associated with them, how they relate to the adjacent tombs, or Aksumite life in general.
nounˈäkso͞oˌmītˈɑksuˌmaɪt
A native or inhabitant of the Ethiopian city of Aksum.
the case has been made that the anonymous king was not an Aksumite
Example sentencesExamples
- The Axumites and the Romans became economic partners who controlled the Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea trades, respectively.
- It is not known how the Aksumites erected the stones.
- The case has occasionally been made that the anonymous king who erected Monumentum Adulitanum II was not an Aksumite.
- The Axumites dominated the Red Sea trade by the third century.
- Claudius Ptolemy was the first to mention the Aksumites as one of the peoples of Ethiopia.