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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
Midian
 
SYLLABICATION:Mid·i·an
PRONUNCIATION:  md-n
NOUN: An ancient tribe in northwest Arabia, said in the Hebrew Scriptures to be descendants of Abraham.
ETYMOLOGY:Hebrew midyn. See dyn in Appendix II.
OTHER FORMS:Midi·an·ite —ADJECTIVE & NOUN
 
 
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