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Warka

Warka proper noun: synonym of Uruk, the ancient city or the modern archaeological site.

Proper noun

Warka

  1. Synonym of Uruk, the ancient city or the modern archaeological site.
    • The discovery in Uruk of a brecciated limestone vase of the Jamdat Nasr period made of a material almost certainly imported from the Mosul area, and the occurrence at Gawrah and Warka of the curious double looped idols seems to me significant evidence of a close contact between Assyria and Sumer at...1936, M. E. L. Mallowan, Review of The Development of Sumerian Art, by Leonard Woolley, in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, page 337
    • For some unknown reason, Parthian art in Palmyra, Assur, Hatra, Dura-Europos, Warka, Tang-i Sarvak and Shāmi presents a different picture.1983, Carsten Colpe, “Development of Religious Thought”, in Ehsan Yarshater, editor, The Cambridge History of Iran, volume 3, number 2, Springer, page 844
    Synonyms:
    Uruk

Synonyms of Warka

Origin of Warka

From Arabic وركاء.

Words formed from Warka

Questions about Warka

What does Warka mean?
Warka means synonym of Uruk, the ancient city or the modern archaeological site.
What part of speech is Warka?
Warka is a proper noun.

Words near Warka in the dictionary

  1. warism
  2. warisome
  3. warison
  4. warisons
  5. wark
  6. Warka
  7. Warkany syndrome
  8. Warkany syndrome 1
  9. Warkany syndrome 2
  10. warked
  11. Warkentin

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