NINHURSAG

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The great mother goddess; worshipped also as Aruru and Mama and Nintu

Synonyms:

Ninhursag; Ninkharsag; Ninkhursag

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

Semitic deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Semites)

Domain region:

Sumer (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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