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- Akkadian · derived fromŠarrum-kīn
- Hebrew · borrowed fromסַרְגוֹן
- English todaySargon
From Hebrew סַרְגוֹן (Sargón) (Isaiah 20:1), from Akkadian Šarrum-kīn.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: An Akkadian emperor famous for his conquest of the Sumerian city-states in the 24th and 23rd centuries BCE. Full definition →
From Hebrew סַרְגוֹן (Sargón) (Isaiah 20:1), from Akkadian Šarrum-kīn.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.