English > Sumer: 1 sense > noun 1, location| Meaning | 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. |
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| Instance of | geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region | A demarcated area of the Earth |
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| Part of | Babylonia, Chaldaea, Chaldea | An ancient kingdom in southern Mesopotamia |
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| Iraq, Republic of Iraq, Al-Iraq, Irak | A republic in the Middle East in western Asia |
| Parts | Ur | An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River |
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| Region of | Enki | water god and god of wisdom / wisdom / wisdom |
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| Enkidu | legendary friend of Gilgamish |
| Enlil, En-lil | god of the air and king of the Sumerian gods |
| Ereshkigal, Eresh-kigal, Ereshkigel | goddess of death and consort of Nergal |
| Gilgamish | legendary Sumerian king and hero of Sumerian and Babylonian epics |
| Inanna | consort of Dumuzi (Tammuz) |
| Ki | goddess personifying earth |
| Nammu | goddess personifying the primeval sea |
| Namtar, Namtaru | A demon personifying death |
| Nanna | god of the Moon |
| Ninkhursag, Ninhursag, Ninkharsag | The great mother goddess |
| Ninurta, Ninib | A solar deity |
| Utu, Utug | sun god |
| Zu, Zubird | Evil storm god represented as a black bird |
| Spanish | Sumeria, Sumer |
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| Adjectives | Sumerian | of or relating to ancient Sumer or its inhabitants |
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