Associations to the word «Umayyad»

Wiktionary

UMAYYAD, noun. A member of the dynasty of caliphs that ruled from Damascus, from 661 to 750.
UMAYYAD, adjective. Of or relating to the Umayyad caliphate.

Dictionary definition

UMAYYAD, noun. The first dynasty of Arab caliphs whose capital was Damascus.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats