Meaning of "Nippur" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF NIPPUR

Nippur  [nɪˈpʊə]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NIPPUR

Nippur is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES NIPPUR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Nippur

Nippur was one of the most ancient of all the Sumerian cities. It was the special seat of the worship of the Sumerian god Enlil, the "Lord Wind," ruler of the cosmos subject to An alone. Nippur was located in modern Nuffar in Afak, Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate, Iraq.

Definition of Nippur in the English dictionary

The definition of Nippur in the dictionary is an ancient Sumerian and Babylonian city, the excavated site of which is in SE Iraq: an important religious centre, abandoned in the 12th or 13th century.

TRANSLATION OF NIPPUR

Find out the translation of Nippur to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of Nippur from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Nippur» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 尼普尔
• Translator English - Spanish: Nippur
• English: Nippur
• Translator English - Hindi: Nippur
• Translator English - Arabic: نيبور
• Translator English - Russian: Ниппур
• Translator English - Portuguese: Nippur
• Translator English - Bengali: পরবর্তীকালে নিপ্পুর
• Translator English - French: Nippour
• Translator English - Malay: Nippur
• Translator English - German: Nippur
• Translator English - Japanese: ニップール
• Translator English - Korean: Nippur
• Translator English - Javanese: Nippur
• Translator English - Vietnamese: Nippur
• Translator English - Tamil: Nippur
• Translator English - Marathi: निप्पपुर
• Translator English - Turkish: Nippur
• Translator English - Italian: Nippur
• Translator English - Polish: Nippur
• Translator English - Ukrainian: Ниппур
• Translator English - Romanian: Nippur
• Translator English - Greek: Νιππούρ
• Translator English - Afrikaans: Nippur
• Translator English - Swedish: Nippur
• Translator English - Norwegian: Nippur

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NIPPUR»

Discover the use of Nippur in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Nippur and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Aramaic Incantation Texts from Nippur

Transcriptions, translations, illustrations and interpretations of Aramaic exorcism texts inscribed on Mesopotamian bowls dating from the Hellenistic period.

James Alan Montgomery, 2011

Old Sumerian and Old Akkadian Texts in Philadelphia, Chiefly ...

This book contains the 'Akkadian Texts' -- i.e. texts written in the Akkadian Language or script ductus -- the Enlilemaba Texts and the Onion Archive -- all three distinct archives from Nippur in Babylonia from the time of Naram-Sin and ...

Aage Westenholz, 1987

Nippur II: The North Temple and Sounding E: Excavations of ...

This volume details the findings and results uncovered at this temple by the joint expedition of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago and the Baghdad School of the American Schools of Oriental Research.

Donald E. McCown, McCown, 1978

Nippur V: The Early Dynastic to Akkadian Transition : the ...

Augusta McMahon took on this task through two seasons, working tirelessly. Stratigraphic exposure of floor after floor of artefacts was slowed drastically by a complex stack of burials that took up almost half of the space in the pit.

Augusta McMahon, 2006

Nippur: Or, Explorations and Adventures on the Euphrates - ...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.

John Punnett Peters, University Of Pennsylvania. Babylonian E, 2013

A New Boundary Stone of Nebuchadrezzar I. from Nippur: With ...

Nippur, heading 2; a-na ku-dur da-ra-a-ti, Susa, 3, III, 53; pi., bel ku-dur-ri-e-ti, III R. 43, IV, 19; na-sir ku-dur. ri-ti, V R. 55, 5. kalu, hold, sustain. II, 1 purt., mu-kil matuti, Neb. Nippur, I, 20. DO, kum, prep., instead of. ku-um 887 kaspi, London, 102, ...

William John Hinke, 1907

Nippur Or Explorations and Adventures on the Euphrates: The ...

This Elibron Classics title is a reprint of the original edition published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1898, London

John P. Peters, 2001

Lists of Personal Names from the Temple School of Nippur, |...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.

Edward Chiera, 2011

Life at the Bottom of Babylonian Society: Servile Laborers ...

The work marks a step forward in the use of quantitative measures in conjunction with cuneiform sources to achieve a better understanding of the social and economic forces that affected ancient Near Eastern populations.

Jonathan S. Tanny, 2011

Babylonian Topographical Texts

4 NIPPUR The Nippur Compendium (no. 18) A principal source for the topography of Nippur is a compilation of esoterica for which the title of the 'Nippur Compendium' seems appropriate. This is a substantial explanatory text, the two main ...

A. R. George, 1992