Meaning and Origin
What does the name Sumer mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
User Submitted Meanings
- 2 people from India and the United Kingdom agree the name Sumer is of Hindu origin and means "Leader".
- A submission from Russian Federation says the name Sumer means "Protector".
- An area in the southern region of Babylonia in present-day Iraq; site of the Sumerian civilization of city-states that flowered during the third millennium BC
From the Akkadian 𒋗𒈨𒊒 (Šumeru), in Assyriology since the 1870s (French sumérien since 1872). Compare Shumer, Sumir.
- Earliest known civilization of the ancient Near East (4th to 3rd millennia BC), located in lower Mesopotamia.
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