Sealand
English
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Etymology
[edit]In sense 3, calqued from Old Babylonian Akkadian 𒆳 𒀀𒀊𒁀 (Sumerogram KUR A.AB.BA, Akkadian: māt tâmti).
Proper noun
[edit]Sealand
- A self-proclaimed micronation (full name: the Principality of Sealand) whose capital is HM Fort Roughs, a former British sea fort.
- A hamlet and community in Flintshire, Wales, close to Chester in England (OS grid ref SJ3568). It is on land reclaimed from the sea on the Chester side of the River Dee. [1]
- A dynasty of Bronze Age kings ruling from an as yet unknown capital in southern Babylonia, in what is now Iraq; or the country they ruled.[2]
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]the Principality of Sealand
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References
[edit]- ^ Community map (Flintshire)
- ^ Text - [2 Supplement - [3]Campbell, S.; Killick, R.; Moon, J.; Calderbank, D.; Robson, E. (2021). "Summary report on excavations at Tell Khaiber, an administrative centre of the Sealand period, 2013-2017". Sumer. A Journal of Archaeology and History in Arab World. 65: 15–46. ISSN 0081-9271.]
Anagrams
[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Sealand f
- Sealand (a micronation in the English Channel)