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Tiamat

Tiamat proper noun: a Babylonian goddess who personifies the sea, considered the monstrous embodiment of primordial chaos.

Proper noun

Tiamat

  1. A Babylonian goddess who personifies the sea, considered the monstrous embodiment of primordial chaos.
  2. A supposed planet once located between Mars and Jupiter.
    • Sitchin also tells us Mummu was the planet Mercury - "One Who Was Born," and that Tiamat was an earlier Earth.2003, Albert T Clay, Paul Tice, Atrahasis: An Ancient Hebrew Deluge Story

Origin of Tiamat

Learned borrowing from Akkadian 𒀀𒀊𒁀 (tiāmtum, “sea; a deity”), from Proto-Semitic *tihām- (“sea”).

Questions about Tiamat

What does Tiamat mean?
Tiamat means a Babylonian goddess who personifies the sea, considered the monstrous embodiment of primordial chaos.
What part of speech is Tiamat?
Tiamat is a proper noun.

Words near Tiamat in the dictionary

  1. tiadenol
  2. tiadinil
  3. Tiafoe
  4. tiagabine
  5. Tiahuanaco
  6. Tiamat
  7. tiamenidine
  8. tiamulin
  9. tian
  10. Tian An Men Square
  11. tian nan xing

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