A member of an ancient Semitic people who lived in Mesopotamia and the Levant, important in biblical and ancient Near Eastern history (c. 2000-1600 BCE).
From Akkadian 'Amurru,' the name for the west or the western lands. 'Amorite' is the English form used to refer to these ancient people.
The Amorites were so important that the entire western region was eventually called by their name—they literally left their mark on geography, giving their name to the direction!
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