Definitions for Sumerian
suˈmɪər i ən, -ˈmɛr-sume·ri·an

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sumerianadjective

   a member of a people who inhabited ancient Sumer

2. Sumerianadjective

   of or relating to ancient Sumer or its inhabitants

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.7 / 3 votes

1. Sumeriannoun

   A person of Sumer.

2. Sumeriannoun

   A native of lower Babylonia, called umer in Akkadian.

3. Sumerianadjective

   Of, from or pertaining to Sumer.

4. Sumerianadjective

   Of, from or pertaining lower Babylonia, which was anciently called umer in Akkadian.

5. Sumeriannoun

   The ancient language spoken in Sumer, a language isolate.

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1. sumerian

   Sumerian refers to anything related to Sumer, one of the earliest known civilizations in the world located in southern Mesopotamia (modern day southern Iraq), during the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze ages. Sumerian can also refer to the people of this civilization, their culture, language, artifacts, or the script they used for writing. The civilization was well known for its advanced culture, art, architecture, and technology.

WikidataRate this definition:1.0 / 2 votes

1. Sumerian

   Sumerian is the language of ancient Sumer, which was spoken in southern Mesopotamia from at least the 4th millennium BC. During the 3rd millennium BC, a very intimate cultural symbiosis developed between the Sumerians and the Akkadians, which included widespread bilingualism. The influence of Sumerian on Akkadian is evident in all areas, from lexical borrowing on a massive scale, to syntactic, morphological, and phonological convergence. This has prompted scholars to refer to Sumerian and Akkadian in the third millennium as a Sprachbund. Akkadian gradually replaced Sumerian as a spoken language around 2000 BC, but Sumerian continued to be used as a sacred, ceremonial, literary and scientific language in Mesopotamia until the 1st century AD. Then, it was forgotten until the 19th century, when Assyriologists began deciphering the cuneiform inscriptions and excavated tablets left by these speakers. Sumerian is a language isolate.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Sumerian

   sū-mē′ri-an, adj. pertaining to Sumir, one of the two divisions of ancient Babylonia.

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1. Suriname

2. aneurism

3. arsenium

How to pronounce Sumerian?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Sumerian in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Sumerian in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Sumerian
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sumerian
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Sumerian
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Sumerian