In Sumerian "LÚ.GAL" means the ruler or king.
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Sumerian
//s(j)ʊˈmɪəɹiən//
Synonyms for "sumerian" (3 found)
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89 translations across 35 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- سُومْرِيّ noun (person)
Catalan
3 entries- sumeri adj (pertaining to Sumer)
- sumeri name (language)
- sumeri noun (person)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- سۆمەری name (language)
- سۆمەری noun (person)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 蘇美爾語 /苏美尔语 name (language)
- 蘇美語 /苏美语 name (language)
- 蘇美人 /苏美人 noun (person)
- 蘇美爾人 /苏美尔人 noun (person)
Czech
3 entries- sumerský adj (pertaining to Sumer)
- sumerština name (language)
- Sumer noun (person)
Danish
3 entries- sumerisk adj (pertaining to Sumer)
- sumerisk name (language)
- sumerer noun (person)
Dutch
2 entries- Sumerisch name (language)
- Sumeriër noun (person)
Esperanto
1 entries- sumera lingvo name (language)
Estonian
1 entries- sumeri keel name (language)
Faroese
3 entries- sumeriskur adj (pertaining to Sumer)
- sumeriskt name (language)
- sumeri noun (person)
Finnish
4 entries- sumerilainen adj (pertaining to Sumer)
- sumeri name (language)
- sumerin kieli name (language)
- sumeri noun (person)
French
4 entries- sumérien adj (pertaining to Sumer)
- sumérien name (language)
- Sumérien noun (person)
- Sumérienne noun (person)
Galician
3 entries- sumerio adj (pertaining to Sumer)
- sumerio name (language)
- sumerio noun (person)
German
3 entries- sumerisch adj (pertaining to Sumer)
- Sumerisch name (language)
- Sumerer noun (person)
Greek
3 entries- σουμερικός adj (pertaining to Sumer)
- σουμεριακή γλώσσα name (language)
- Σουμέριος noun (person)
Hindi
3 entries- सुमेरी adj (pertaining to Sumer)
- सुमेरी name (language)
- सुमेरी noun (person)
Hungarian
1 entries- sumer name (language)
Icelandic
1 entries- súmerska name (language)
Italian
2 entries- sumero name (language)
- sumerico noun (person)
Japanese
2 entries- シュメール語 name (language)
- シュメール人 noun (person)
Korean
2 entries- 수메르어 name (language)
- 수메르 noun (person)
Limburgish
1 entries- Soemerisch name (language)
Marathi
3 entries- सुमेरियन adj (pertaining to Sumer)
- सुमेरियन name (language)
- सुमेरियन noun (person)
Norwegian
1 entries- sumerisk språk name (language)
Persian
3 entries- سومری adj (pertaining to Sumer)
- سومری name (language)
- سومری noun (person)
Polish
4 entries- sumerski adj (pertaining to Sumer)
- sumeryjski adj (pertaining to Sumer)
- język sumeryjski name (language)
- Sumer noun (person)
Portuguese
4 entries- sumeriano adj (pertaining to Sumer)
- sumérico adj (pertaining to Sumer)
- sumério adj (pertaining to Sumer)
- língua suméria name (language)
Russian
3 entries- шуме́рский adj (pertaining to Sumer)
- шуме́рский язы́к name (language)
- шуме́р noun (person)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- sumerski name (language)
- сумерски name (language)
Slovak
1 entries- sumerčina name (language)
Spanish
2 entries- sumerio name (language)
- sumerio noun (person)
Sumerian
2 entries- 𒅴𒂠 name (language)
- 𒌦 𒊕 𒈪 𒂵 noun (person)
Swedish
2 entries- sumerisk adj (pertaining to Sumer)
- sumeriska name (language)
Tamil
1 entries- சுமேரிய மொழி name (language)
Turkish
2 entries- Sümerce name (language)
- Sümer noun (person)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
I don't know who invented the dictionary. Was it a Sumerian? Was it a Chinese? I know one thing though, the dictionary is a wonderful invention.
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Sumerian is thought to be the oldest known written language.
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Tradition holds that writing first appeared in the Sumerian period, three and a half millennia before the common era.
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