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Uruk

/ˈʊrʊk/

Uruk proper noun: an ancient city in Sumer and Babylonia, in modern-day Iraq.

Proper noun

Uruk

  1. (historical) An ancient city in Sumer and Babylonia, in modern-day Iraq.
    • […] since the goddess Antu did not hold a prominent status at Uruk before the fifth century. The primary purpose of MLC 1890 was evidently to present Antu as universal goddess and all-encompassing cosmic location.2019 January 8, Christine Proust, John Steele, Scholars and Scholarship in Late Babylonian Uruk, Springer, →ISBN, page 248

Uruk meaning in Bengali, Arabic and Persian

Uruk in Bengali

Mesopotamian city
উরুক uruk

Uruk in Arabic

Mesopotamian city
الوركاء Warqa

Uruk in Persian

Mesopotamian city
اوروک

Origin of Uruk

From Akkadian 𒌷𒀕 (/⁠uruk⁠/), from Sumerian 𒀕 (unug, “abode, site, location, seat, typically in reference to a deity's earthly dwelling”) either as a phonetic alteration of the Sumerian or influenced as a calque translation using Akkadian 𒌷 (/⁠uru⁠/, “city, place of dwelling or collecting under”).

Words formed from Uruk

Questions about Uruk

What does Uruk mean?
Uruk means an ancient city in Sumer and Babylonia, in modern-day Iraq.
What is Uruk in Bengali?
Uruk in Bengali is উরুক (uruk). See Uruk meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is Uruk?
Uruk is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Uruk?
Uruk is pronounced /ˈʊrʊk/.

Words near Uruk in the dictionary

  1. Uruguayans
  2. uruguaysuchid
  3. uruguaysuchids
  4. uruisg
  5. uruisgs
  6. Uruk
  7. Uruk Period
  8. Uruk-Warka
  9. Uruk-Warqa
  10. Urukean
  11. Urukeans

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