Sumer en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˈs(j)uːmə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈsuːmɚ/ (General-American)
- sōōmʹər (General-American)
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Akkadian 𒋗𒈨𒊒 (Šumeru), in Assyriology since the 1870s; compare French sumérien since 1872. Compare Shumer, Sumir. More at Sumer.
Meanings
- 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.
Deriveds
Sumeria · Sumerian · Sumerogram · Sumerology
Relateds
Translations (39)
egy sngr (civilization) · th ซูเมอร์ (civilization) · hy Շումեր (civilization) · mr सुमेर (civilization) · uga 𐎘𐎐𐎙𐎗𐎐 (civilization) · ru Шумер (civilization) · ug سۇمېر (civilization) · cmn 蘇美 /苏美 (civilization) · sv Sumer (civilization) · hi सुमेर (civilization) · akk 𒋗𒈨𒊒 (civilization) · da Sumer (civilization) · hu sumér (civilization) · hu sumer (civilization) · sh Сумер (civilization) · ka შუმერი (civilization) · aii ܫܘܼܡܸܪ (civilization) · es Sumeria (civilization) · my ဆူမား (civilization) · kk Шумер (civilization) · pt Suméria (civilization) · sh Šumer (civilization) · sh Sumer (civilization) · ja シュメール (civilization) · cmn 蘇美爾 /苏美尔 (civilization) · sh Шумер (civilization) · eo Sumero (civilization) · fi Sumer (civilization) · az Şumer (civilization) · tr Sümer (civilization) · hit 𒋗𒈨𒊒 (civilization) · grc Σενναάρ (civilization) · fr Sumer (civilization) · he שִׁנְעָר (civilization) · de Sumer (civilization) · sux 𒆠𒂗𒂠 (civilization) · ga an tSuiméir (civilization) · el Σουμέρ (civilization) · he שׁוּמֵר (civilization)