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Antum

Antum is the alternative form of Antu.

Meaning of Antu

Proper noun (1)

Antu

  1. A Mesopotamian goddess, the feminine counterpart of Anu.
    • [...] since the goddess Antu did not hold a prominent status at Uruk before the fifth century. The primary purpose of MLC 1890 was evidently to present Antu as universal goddess and all-encompassing cosmic location.2019 January 8, Christine Proust, John Steele, Scholars and Scholarship in Late Babylonian Uruk, Springer, →ISBN, page 248

Proper noun (2)

Antu

  1. A county of Yanbian prefecture, Jilin, China.
    • The map was of the Antu county of Laoling with a scale of one to 250,000, “the locality where Downey and Fecteau were scheduled to pick up agent Li Chun Ying from their aircraft,” the broadcast said and added that the spot was "clearly marked with a pencil."1954 December 1, “Chinese Cite Airlift Methods of U.S. Spies”, in Daily Worker, volume XXI, number 239, New York, page 2, column 2

Proper noun (3)

Antu (plural Antus)

  1. A surname.

Questions about Antum

What is Antum the alternative form of?
Antum is the alternative form of Antu.

Words near Antum in the dictionary

  1. Antsiranana
  2. antsy
  3. antthrush
  4. antthrushes
  5. Antu
  6. Antum
  7. antumbra
  8. antumbrae
  9. Antuna
  10. Antunas
  11. Antunez

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