lugal

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noun

A ruler of a city state in ancient Sumer.

OriginSumerian 𒈗 →
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Meanings

nounlugal (plural lugals)

plural lugals

  1. historicalA ruler of a city state in ancient Sumer.

    Evidence shows that competition among Sumerian city-states reached a new level around 2500 B.C.E., as ambitious lugals vied to magnify themselves and their kingdoms.

    2011, Judith Coffin, Robert Stacey, Joshua Cole, Carol Symes, Western Civilizations: Their History & Their Culture, seventeenth edition, volume I, New York, N.Y.; London: W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 16

Origin

  1. Sumerian𒈗“king, lord”
  2. Englishlugal

Learned borrowing from Sumerian 𒈗 (lugal, “king, lord”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

galluGullagulal
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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