Etymology

Sumer

Su·mer
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Today it means: A historical region occupied by the earliest known ancient civilization of the ancient Near East (4th to 3rd millennia BC), located in lower Mesopotamia in modern southern Iraq. Full definition →

Akkadian 𒋗𒈨𒊒
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  1. Akkadian · learned borrowing from𒋗𒈨𒊒
  2. English todaySumer

Learned borrowing from Akkadian 𒋗𒈨𒊒 (Šumeru), in Assyriology since the 1870s; compare French sumérien since 1872. Compare Shumer, Sumir. More at Sumer.

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