Meanings
- historicalAn ancient city in Sumer and Babylonia, in modern-day Iraq.
[…] since the goddess Antu did not hold a prominent status at Uruk before the fifth century. The primary purpose of MLC 1890 was evidently to present Antu as universal goddess and all-encompassing cosmic location.
2019 January 8, Christine Proust, John Steele, Scholars and Scholarship in Late Babylonian Uruk, Springer, →ISBN, page 248
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Akkadian𒌷“city, place of dwelling or collecting under”
- Sumerian𒀕“abode, site, location, seat, typically in reference to a deity's earthly dwelling”
- Akkadian𒌷𒀕
- EnglishUruk
From Akkadian 𒌷𒀕 (/uruk/), from Sumerian 𒀕 (unug, “abode, site, location, seat, typically in reference to a deity's earthly dwelling”) either as a phonetic alteration of the Sumerian or influenced as a calque translation using Akkadian 𒌷 (/uru/, “city, place of dwelling or collecting under”).
More words from Akkadian, Sumerian
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek Ὀρχόη
- Ὀρχόη (Orkhóē)Mesopotamian city
Arabic الوركاء
- الوركاء (Warqa)Mesopotamian city
Bengali উরুক
- উরুক (uruk)Mesopotamian city
Chinese Mandarin 烏魯克 /乌鲁克
- 烏魯克 /乌鲁克Mesopotamian city
Greek Ουρούκ
- Ουρούκ (Ouroúk)Mesopotamian city
Hebrew ארך
- ארךMesopotamian city
Japanese ウルク
- ウルク (Uruku)Mesopotamian city
Korean 우루크
- 우루크 (urukeu)Mesopotamian city
Latin Orchoē
- OrchoēMesopotamian city
Persian اوروک
- اوروکMesopotamian city
Polish Uruk
- UrukMesopotamian city
Portuguese Uruque
- UruqueMesopotamian city
Russian Урук
- Урук (Uruk)Mesopotamian city
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Anagrams
Cite this entry
Uruk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Uruk
“Uruk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Uruk. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Uruk,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Uruk.
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