Word

Sumer, n.

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
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Sumer

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derivationally related form

Sumerian

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instance hypernym

geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region

part holonym

Iraq, Republic of Iraq, Al-Iraq, Irak Babylonia, Chaldaea, Chaldea

part meronym

member of this domain (region)

Enki Enlil, En-lil Ereshkigal, Eresh-kigal, Ereshkigel Inanna Ki Nammu Namtar, Namtaru Nanna Ninkhursag, Ninhursag, Ninkharsag Ninurta, Ninib Utu, Utug Zu, Zubird Enkidu Gilgamish