Samarran

adjective

Sa·​mar·​ran

-rən

: of or belonging to an aeneolithic culture of Mesopotamia following the Hassunan and characterized by black-on-buff pottery

Word History

Etymology

Samarra, town of north central Iraq + English -an

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