sumer
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1. an area in the southern region of Babylonia in present-day Iraq; site of the Sumerian civilization of city-states that flowered during the third millennium BC (noun.location)
part holonym | : | ur, |
definition | : | an ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River (noun.location) |
part meronym | : | al-iraq, irak, iraq, republic of iraq, |
definition | : | a republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq (noun.location) |
part meronym | : | babylonia, chaldaea, chaldea, |
definition | : | an ancient kingdom in southern Mesopotamia; Babylonia conquered Israel in the 6th century BC and exiled the Jews to Babylon (where Daniel became a counselor to the king) (noun.location) |
domain member region | : | enki, |
definition | : | water god and god of wisdom; counterpart of the Akkadian Ea (noun.person) |
domain member region | : | en-lil, enlil, |
definition | : | god of the air and king of the Sumerian gods (noun.person) |
domain member region | : | inanna, |
definition | : | consort of Dumuzi (Tammuz) (noun.person) |
domain member region | : | ki, |
definition | : | goddess personifying earth; counterpart of Akkadian Aruru (noun.person) |
domain member region | : | nammu, |
definition | : | goddess personifying the primeval sea; mother of the gods and of heaven and earth (noun.person) |
domain member region | : | namtar, namtaru, |
definition | : | a demon personifying death; messenger of the underworld goddess Ereshkigal bringing death to mankind (noun.person) |
domain member region | : | nanna, |
definition | : | god of the Moon; counterpart of the Akkadian Sin (noun.person) |
domain member region | : | ninhursag, ninkharsag, ninkhursag, |
definition | : | the great mother goddess; worshipped also as Aruru and Mama and Nintu (noun.person) |
domain member region | : | ninib, ninurta, |
definition | : | a solar deity; firstborn of Bel and consort was Gula; god of war and the chase and agriculture; sometimes identified with biblical Nimrod (noun.person) |
domain member region | : | utu, utug, |
definition | : | sun god; counterpart of Akkadian Shamash (noun.person) |
domain member region | : | zu, zubird, |
definition | : | evil storm god represented as a black bird (noun.person) |
domain member region | : | enkidu, |
definition | : | legendary friend of Gilgamish (noun.person) |
domain member region | : | gilgamish, |
definition | : | legendary Sumerian king and hero of Sumerian and Babylonian epics (noun.person) |
derivation | : | sumerian, |
definition | : | of or relating to ancient Sumer or its inhabitants (adj.pert) |
derivation | : | sumerian, |
definition | : | of or relating to ancient Sumer or its inhabitants (adj.pert) |
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