noun
an area in the southern region of Babylonia in present-day Iraq; site of the Sumerian civilization of city-states that flowered during the third millennium BC
• Derivationally related forms: ↑Sumerian
• Members of this Region:
↑Enki, ↑Enlil, ↑En-lil, ↑Ereshkigal, ↑Eresh-kigal, ↑Ereshkigel, ↑Inanna, ↑Ki, ↑Nammu, ↑Namtar, ↑Namtaru, ↑Nanna, ↑Ninkhursag, ↑Ninhursag, ↑Ninkharsag, ↑Ninurta, ↑Ninib, ↑Utu, ↑Utug, ↑Zu, ↑Zubird, ↑Enkidu, ↑Gilgamish
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑geographical area, ↑geographic area, ↑geographical region, ↑geographic region
• Part Holonyms:
• Part Meronyms: ↑Ur
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sumerobs. form of summer n.1
Useful english dictionary. 2012.