Ugarit

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/ˈ(j)uːɡəˌɹɪt//(j)uːˈɡɑːɹɪt//ˌ(j)uːɡəˈɹiːt/

proper noun

An ancient port city in northern Syria, discovered by accident in 1928 together with the Ugaritic texts.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. An ancient port city in northern Syria, discovered by accident in 1928 together with the Ugaritic texts.

Origin

  1. ugarītu⁠/)
  2. EnglishUgarit

Learned borrowing from Ugaritic 𐎜𐎂𐎗𐎚 (ủgrt /⁠ʾugarītu⁠/).

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Translations

Arabic أُوغَارِيت
  • أُوغَارِيت (ʔūḡārīt)ancient port city
Bulgarian Угари́т
  • Угари́т (Ugarít)ancient port city
Chinese Mandarin 烏加里特
  • 烏加里特 (Wūjiālǐtè)ancient port city
Finnish Ugarit
  • Ugaritancient port city
French Ougarit
  • Ougaritancient port city
German Ugarit
  • Ugaritancient port city
Hindi उगारीत
  • उगारीत (ugārīt)ancient port city
Irish Úgairít
  • Úgairítancient port city
Norwegian Bokmål Ugarit
  • Ugaritancient port city
Persian اوگاریت
  • اوگاریت (ugârit)ancient port city
Russian Угари́т
  • Угари́т (Ugarít)ancient port city
Swedish Ugarit
  • Ugaritancient port city
Turkish Ugarit
  • Ugaritancient port city

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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