sumerian

Noun · Adjective

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Noun (1)

  1. a member of a people who inhabited ancient SumerType of Babylonian

Adjective (1)

  1. of or relating to ancient Sumer or its inhabitantsRelating to Sumer
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Su·me′ri·an adjective [Written also Sumirian.]

Of or pertaining to the region of lower Babylonia, which was anciently called Sumer, or its inhabitants or their language.


Su·me′ri·an noun [Written also Sumirian.]

A native of lower Babylonia, anciently called Sumer.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: 1913 supplement

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