Tiamat

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proper noun

A Babylonian goddess who personifies the sea, considered the monstrous embodiment of primordial chaos.

OriginAkkadian 𒀀𒀊𒁀 ← Proto-Semitic *tihām- →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. human sciencesA Babylonian goddess who personifies the sea, considered the monstrous embodiment of primordial chaos.
  2. A supposed planet once located between Mars and Jupiter.

    Sitchin also tells us Mummu was the planet Mercury - "One Who Was Born," and that Tiamat was an earlier Earth.

    2003, Albert T Clay, Paul Tice, Atrahasis: An Ancient Hebrew Deluge Story

Origin

  1. Proto-Semitic*tihām-“sea”
  2. Akkadian𒀀𒀊𒁀“sea; a deity”
  3. EnglishTiamat

Learned borrowing from Akkadian 𒀀𒀊𒁀 (tiāmtum, “sea; a deity”), from Proto-Semitic *tihām- (“sea”).

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Anagrams

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APA

Tiamat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tiamat

MLA

“Tiamat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tiamat. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tiamat,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tiamat.

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