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Marduk

Marduk proper noun: a late-generation god from ancient Mesopotamia and patron deity of the city of Babylon.

Proper noun

Marduk

  1. A late-generation god from ancient Mesopotamia and patron deity of the city of Babylon.
    • He gave a copy to his son Marduk, who passed it on to Hammurabi.1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, →ISBN, page 380

Origin of Marduk

Ultimately from Sumerian 𒀭𒀫𒌓 (ᵈamar-utu /⁠Marduk⁠/).

Questions about Marduk

What does Marduk mean?
Marduk means a late-generation god from ancient Mesopotamia and patron deity of the city of Babylon.
What part of speech is Marduk?
Marduk is a proper noun.

Words near Marduk in the dictionary

  1. Mardon
  2. Mardones
  3. mardos
  4. mards
  5. Mardu
  6. Marduk
  7. Mardukian
  8. mardy
  9. Mardyke
  10. mare
  11. mare clausum

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