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Radhanite

The English word “Radhanite” has 2 meanings listed here.

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.

adjective

  1. Pertaining to the Radhanites.

Etymology

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

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