Sumerian

[soo-meer-ee-uhn, -mer-]

Su·me·ri·an

[soo-meer-ee-uhn, -mer-]
adjective
1.
of or pertaining to Sumer, its people, or their language.
noun
2.
a native or inhabitant of Sumer.
3.
a language of unknown affinities that was the language of the Sumerians and had, in the late 4th and 3rd millenniums b.c., a well-developed literature that is preserved in pictographic and cuneiform writing and represents the world's oldest extant written documents.

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the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.

Origin:
1870–75; Sumer + -ian

pre-Su·me·ri·an, adjective, noun
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Sumerian (suːˈmɪərɪən, -ˈmɛər-)
 
n
1.  a member of a people who established a civilization in Sumer during the 4th millennium bc
2.  the extinct language of this people, of no known relationship to any other language
 
adj
3.  of or relating to ancient Sumer, its inhabitants, or their language or civilization

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