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Enheduanna

Enheduanna proper noun: a priestess of the moon deity Nanna and the first named author.

Proper noun

Enheduanna

  1. A priestess of the moon deity Nanna and the first named author.

Forms of Enheduanna

alternative formEnheduana
alternative formEn-hedu-ana

Origin of Enheduanna

Learned borrowing from Sumerian 𒂗𒃶𒌌𒀭𒈾 (literally “Ornament of Heaven”).

Questions about Enheduanna

What does Enheduanna mean?
Enheduanna means a priestess of the moon deity Nanna and the first named author.
What part of speech is Enheduanna?
Enheduanna is a proper noun.

Words near Enheduanna in the dictionary

  1. enheartens
  2. enhedge
  3. enhedged
  4. enhedges
  5. enhedging
  6. Enheduanna
  7. enherit
  8. enheritance
  9. enheritaunce
  10. enherite
  11. enherited

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Enheduanna (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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