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lugal

lugal noun: a ruler of a city state in ancient Sumer.

lugal: a ruler of a city state in ancient Sumer
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Noun

lugal (plural lugals)

  1. (historical) A ruler of a city state in ancient Sumer.
    • Evidence shows that competition among Sumerian city-states reached a new level around 2500 B.C.E., as ambitious lugals vied to magnify themselves and their kingdoms.2011, Judith Coffin, Robert Stacey, Joshua Cole, Carol Symes, Western Civilizations: Their History & Their Culture, seventeenth edition, volume I, New York, N.Y.; London: W. W. Norton & Company...

Forms of lugal

plurallugals

Origin of lugal

Learned borrowing from Sumerian 𒈗 (lugal, “king, lord”).

Words formed from lugal

Questions about lugal

What does lugal mean?
Lugal means a ruler of a city state in ancient Sumer.
What part of speech is lugal?
Lugal is a noun.
What is the plural of lugal?
The plural of lugal is lugals.

Words near lugal in the dictionary

  1. lug-sail
  2. Luga
  3. lugada
  4. lugadas
  5. Lugait
  6. lugal
  7. lugals
  8. lugalship
  9. Luganda
  10. Lugang
  11. Lugano

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