Uruk
/ˈʊrʊk/ name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 An ancient city in Sumer and Babylonia, in modern-day Iraq. historical
"[…] 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."
Example
More examples"The sentence "Uruk in Irak" is almost a tongue twister."
Etymology
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”).