Meanings
proper noun
- 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.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek Σενναάρ
- Σενναάρ (Sennaár)civilization
Chinese Mandarin 蘇美爾 /苏美尔, 蘇美 /苏美
- 蘇美爾 /苏美尔 (Sūměi'ěr)civilization
- 蘇美 /苏美 (Sūměi)civilization
Danish Sumer
- Sumercivilization
Esperanto Sumero
- Sumerocivilization
Finnish Sumer
- Sumercivilization
French Sumer
- Sumercivilization
German Sumer
- Sumercivilization
Greek Σουμέρ
- Σουμέρ (Soumér)civilization
Hebrew שׁוּמֵר, שִׁנְעָר
- שׁוּמֵר (shumér)civilization
- שִׁנְעָרcivilization
Hindi सुमेर
- सुमेर (sumer)civilization
Hungarian sumér, sumer
- sumércivilization
- sumercivilization
Irish an tSuiméir
- an tSuiméircivilization
Japanese シュメール
- シュメール (Shumēru)civilization
Portuguese Suméria
- Sumériacivilization
Russian Шумер
- Шумер (Šumer)civilization
Spanish Sumeria
- Sumeriacivilization
Swedish Sumer
- Sumercivilization
Thai ซูเมอร์
- ซูเมอร์civilization
Turkish Sümer
- Sümercivilization
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Sumer
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Cite this entry
APA
Sumer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sumer
MLA
“Sumer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sumer. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sumer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sumer.
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