Sargon

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An Akkadian emperor famous for his conquest of the Sumerian city-states in the 24th and 23rd centuries BCE.
  2. 2
    Either of two Assyrian kings.

Etymology

From Hebrew סַרְגוֹן (Sargón) (Isaiah 20:1), from Akkadian Šarrum-kīn.

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