Dictionary:

Sumerian

  (sū-mîr'ē-ən, -mĕr'-)

Of or relating to ancient Sumer or its people, language, or culture.

1. A member of an ancient people, probably of non-Semitic origin, who established a nation of city-states in Sumer in the fourth millennium B.C. that is one of the earliest known historic civilizations.
2. The language of the Sumerians, of no known linguistic affiliation.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a member of a people who inhabited ancient Sumer

The adjective Sumerian has one meaning:

Meaning #1: of or relating to ancient Sumer or its inhabitants
  Pertains to nouns: Sumer (meaning #1), Sumerian (meaning #1)

Sumerian may refer to:

• Sumerian people
• Sumerian language
• Sumerian script
• Sumerian civilization, including
  • Sumerian history
  • Sumerian architecture
  • Sumerian mythology

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