English Explanatory Dictionary

Radhanite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One of a group of early medieval Jewish merchants forming a vast trade network across Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and eastwards to China.
adj
  1. Pertaining to the Radhanites.

Word forms

Radhanite Radhanites Radanite

Etymology

From Radhan (“region in southern central Mesopotamia (now Iraq)”) + -ite.

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