Umayyad
pronunciation
How to pronounce Umayyad in British English:
UK [u:ˈmaijæd]
How to pronounce Umayyad in American English:
US [uˈmaɪæd]
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- Noun:
- the first dynasty of Arab caliphs whose capital was Damascus
Word Origin
- Umayyad
- member of a Muslim dynasty which ruled the Caliphate 661-750 C.E. and in 756 C.E. founded an emirate in Spain, 1758, from Arabic, from Umayya, proper name of an ancestor of Muhammad from whom the dynasty claimed descent.
Example
- 1. 3 P.m. - we 're back in the old city and the umayyad mosque is a must .
- 2. Stretch your legs at al-nofara cafe , next to the umayyad mosque , which is popular with tourists and damascenes alike .
- 3. The later umayyad caliphs were relatively more corrupt and cared less about such religious issues .
- 4. Most umayyad rulers insisted on arab primacy over non-arab converts to islam , while the abbasid caliphs accepted the principle of arab and non-arab equality as muslims .
- 5. Thus the arab umayyad dynasty of caliphs , which had moved the capital from medline to damascus in 661 , came to be regarded with much justification as a parasitic clique that had outlived its usefulness once the conquests were completed .