Omayyades

Variant of Omayyad

noun pl. Omayyads or Omayyades

any of a dynasty of caliphs who ruled at Damascus ( 661-750), or of a related branch ruling in Spain (756-1031)

Origin: after Omayya, great-grandfather of the first caliph in the dynasty

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