Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sumer

/ˈsuːmɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.42 in modern English

Syllables: Su-mer
IPA: /ˈsuːmɚ/

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A historical region occupied by the earliest known ancient civilization of the ancient Near East (4th to 3rd millennia BC), located in lower Mesopotamia in modern southern Iraq.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Akkadian 𒋗𒈨𒊒 (Šumeru), in Assyriology since the 1870s; compare French sumérien since 1872. Compare Shumer, Sumir. More at Sumer.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈsuːmɚ/
British English: /ˈs(j)uːmə/

Derived Forms

Sumeria Sumerian Sumerogram Sumerology

Frequently Paired Words

Shinar

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce sumer?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsuːmɚ/.
What does sumer mean?: A historical region occupied by the earliest known ancient civilization of the ancient Near East (4th to 3rd millennia BC), located in lower Mesopotamia in modern southern Iraq.
Where does sumer come from?: Learned borrowing from Akkadian 𒋗𒈨𒊒 (Šumeru), in Assyriology since the 1870s; compare French sumérien since 1872. Compare Shumer, Sumir. More at Sumer.

How to pronounce sumer

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