gilgamesh

Gil·ga·mesh

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [gil-guh-mesh]
- /ˈgɪl gəˌmɛʃ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [gil-guh-mesh]
- /ˈgɪl gəˌmɛʃ/

Definitions of gilgamesh word

noun gilgamesh a legendary Sumerian king, the hero of Sumerian and Babylonian epics. 1
noun gilgamesh A legendary king of the Sumerian city state of Uruk who is supposed to have ruled sometime during the first half of the 3rd millennium<span class="smallCaps">bc. 1
noun gilgamesh a legendary Sumerian king 0
noun gilgamesh an ancient king and hero of an epic (Gilgamesh Epic) completed about 2000 b.c. containing an account of a flood like the Biblical Flood 0

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Parts of speech for Gilgamesh

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adverb

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preposition

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determiner

exclamation

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gilgamesh popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 73% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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