Sumer

Pronunciation: /ˈs(j)uːmə/

The English word “Sumer” has 1 meaning listed here.

proper noun

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.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Akkadian 𒋗𒈨𒊒 (Šumeru), in Assyriology since the 1870s; compare French sumérien since 1872. Compare Shumer, Sumir. More at Sumer.

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Sumerian
Sumerianism
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