Sumerian

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Sumerian

  • /s(j)ʊˈmɪəɹiən/ UK
  • /səˈmɪəɹiən/ UK
  • /sʊˈmɛɹiən/ US
  • /səˈmɛɹiən/ US

Sounds like Samarian (some accents) · Rhymes with -ɪəɹiən, -ɛəɹiən

adjective

  1. not comparable Of, from or pertaining to Sumer. "Could be. Anyway, Sumerian culture—the society based on me—was another manifestation of the metavirus. Expect that in this case, it was in a linguistic form rather than DNA."
  2. not comparable Of, from or pertaining to lower Babylonia, which was anciently called Šumer in Akkadian.

noun Sumerians

  1. A person of Sumer.
  2. A native of lower Babylonia, called Šumer in Akkadian.

proper noun

  1. The ancient language spoken in Sumer, a language isolate.

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adj pertaining to Sumer

हिन्दीसुमेरी sumerī
Portuguêssumério, sumérico, sumeriano
Françaissumérien
Deutschsumerisch
Italianosumerico
Ελληνικάσουμερικός soumerikós
Русскийшуме́рский šumérskij

noun person

Españolsumerio
한국어수메르 sumereu
日本語シュメール人 shumērujin
हिन्दीसुमेरी sumerī
Portuguêssumério
FrançaisSumérien, Sumérienne
DeutschSumerer, Sumererin
Italianosumerico
ΕλληνικάΣουμέριος Soumérios
Русскийшуме́р šumér
العربيةسُومْرِيّ sūmriyy

name language

Españolsumerio
한국어수메르어 Sumereueo
日本語シュメール語 shumēru-go
हिन्दीसुमेरी sumerī
Portuguêslíngua suméria, sumério, sumérico, sumeriano
Françaissumérien
DeutschSumerisch
Italianosumero
Ελληνικάσουμεριακή γλώσσα soumeriakí glóssa
Русскийшуме́рский язы́к šumérskij jazýk

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@misc{sumerian_2026,
  title = {Sumerian},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sumerian},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}