Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

inanna

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.95 in modern English

Syllables: inan-na
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A Sumerian goddess of sexual love, fertility, and warfare, known by the Akkadians as Ishtar and later identified with Astarte, Aphrodite, and Venus.

Example Sentences

"As popular with the mythmakers as Enki, or even more so, was his granddaughter Inanna, city goddess or^([sic]) Uruk and one of the most complex figures in the Mesopotamian pantheon."
"During the second half of the third and early part of the second millennia B.C.E., the Sumerian goddess Inanna was worshiped in seven cities of southern Mesopotamia (among them Zabala, Agade, and Kish), but principally in her temple Eana at Uruk."
"Even at this period, Inanna appears in various manifestations, each of which seems to possess a separate cult, temples with cultic functionaries, and the right to receive offerings."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sumerian 𒀭𒈹 (ᵈinana /⁠inanak⁠/).

Questions

What does inanna mean?: A Sumerian goddess of sexual love, fertility, and warfare, known by the Akkadians as Ishtar and later identified with Astarte, Aphrodite, and Venus.
Where does inanna come from?: Learned borrowing from Sumerian 𒀭𒈹 (ᵈinana /⁠inanak⁠/).

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