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

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope