Ma'dan

noun

Ma'·​dan

ˈmäˌdän

plural Ma'dan or Ma'dans

1

: an Arab people inhabiting the marshland below Baghdad along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers

2

: a member of the Ma'dan people

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