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- [soo-meer-ee-uh n, -mer-]
- /suˈmɪər i ən, -ˈmɛr-/
- /ˈsjuːmɪərɪən/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [soo-meer-ee-uh n, -mer-]
- /suˈmɪər i ən, -ˈmɛr-/
Definitions of sumerian word
- adjective sumerian of or relating to Sumer, its people, or their language. 1
- noun sumerian a native or inhabitant of Sumer. 1
- noun sumerian a language of unknown affinities that was the language of the Sumerians and had, in the late 4th and 3rd millenniums b.c., a well-developed literature that is preserved in pictographic and cuneiform writing and represents the world's oldest extant written documents. 1
- noun sumerian a member of a people who established a civilization in Sumer during the 4th millennium bc 0
- noun sumerian the extinct language of this people, of no known relationship to any other language 0
- adjective sumerian of or relating to ancient Sumer, its inhabitants, or their language or civilization 0
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Origin of sumerian
First appearance:
before 1870 One of the 26% newest English words
First recorded in 1870-75; Sumer + -ian
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Parts of speech for Sumerian
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
sumerian popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% 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".
sumerian usage trend in Literature
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- which best describes how babylonian and sumerian societies were different?
- how were polytheism and ziggurats related in sumerian civilization?
- who are the sumerian?
- how did the sumerian religion affect sumerian society?
- what do the ziggurats tell us about sumerian society?
- how did the sumerian civilization end?
- what is sumerian religion?
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