Explore Aksum through 8 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Aksum meaning
A town in La'ilay Maychew district, Maekelay, Tigray, Ethiopia: The site of the historic capital of the Aksumite Empire, now a tourist town in Ethiopia.
Using Aksum
- The main meaning on this page is: A town in La'ilay Maychew district, Maekelay, Tigray, Ethiopia: The site of the historic capital of the Aksumite Empire, now a tourist town in Ethiopia.
- In the example corpus, aksum often appears in combinations such as: aksum was, of aksum.
Context around Aksum
- Average sentence length in these examples: 17.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 3 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Aksum
- In this selection, "aksum" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 17.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, hay and africa stand out and add context to how "aksum" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 300 ce aksum was minting and aksum was known. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "aksum" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aaba and aafc, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with aksum
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Aksum was known throughout those lands. (6 words)
By 300 CE, Aksum was minting its own coins in silver and gold. (13 words)
The last Himyarite king Ma'adikarib Ya'fur was supported by Aksum against his Jewish rivals. (16 words)
A village in Ethiopia has been discovered which belonged to the little-known Empire of Aksum - a bustling, sprawling metropolis to rival Rome that survived for centuries. (27 words)
Stuart Munro-Hay, Aksum, p. 81. Details of the Axumite Kingdom, never abundant, become even more scarce after this point. (20 words)
Meanwhile, the old Meroitic kingdom contracted because of the expansion of the powerful Kingdom of Aksum to the east. (19 words)
Example sentences (8)
A village in Ethiopia has been discovered which belonged to the little-known Empire of Aksum - a bustling, sprawling metropolis to rival Rome that survived for centuries.
Aksum was known throughout those lands.
By 300 CE, Aksum was minting its own coins in silver and gold.
By 800 CE, the capital was moved south into the interior highlands, and Aksum was much diminished.
Meanwhile, the old Meroitic kingdom contracted because of the expansion of the powerful Kingdom of Aksum to the east.
Stuart Munro-Hay, Aksum, p. 81. Details of the Axumite Kingdom, never abundant, become even more scarce after this point.
The last Himyarite king Ma'adikarib Ya'fur was supported by Aksum against his Jewish rivals.
With the spread of Islam through Western Asia and Northern Africa, Aksum's trading networks in the Mediterranean faltered.
Common combinations with aksum
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- aksum was 3×
- of aksum 2×