English Explanatory Dictionary

Uruk

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An ancient city in Sumer and Babylonia, in modern-day Iraq.

Pronunciation

/ˈʊrʊk/

Word forms

Uruk

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”).

Related words

Erech Warka

Derived words

Urukean Uruk period Uruk-Warka
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