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Hammurabi

Hammurabi proper noun: the sixth king of Babylon.

Proper noun

Hammurabi

  1. (historical) the sixth king of Babylon.
    • He gave a copy to his son Marduk, who passed it on to Hammurabi.1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, →ISBN, page 380

Forms of Hammurabi

alternative formHammourabi

Origin of Hammurabi

From Akkadian 𒁹𒄩𒄠𒈬𒊏𒁉 (/⁠Ḫammurapi⁠/), from Amorite *ʿAmmurāpi, a compound *ʿammu (“father”) + *āpi (“healer”).

Words formed from Hammurabi

Questions about Hammurabi

What does Hammurabi mean?
Hammurabi means the sixth king of Babylon.
What part of speech is Hammurabi?
Hammurabi is a proper noun.

Words near Hammurabi in the dictionary

  1. Hammontrees
  2. Hammoon
  3. Hammoud
  4. Hammouds
  5. Hammourabi
  6. Hammurabi
  7. Hammurabian
  8. hammy
  9. Hamner
  10. Hamners
  11. Hamnet

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