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EN-LIL

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Overview

EN-LIL (noun)
  The noun EN-LIL has 1 sense:

1. god of the air and king of the Sumerian godsplay

  Familiarity information: EN-LIL used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


EN-LIL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

God of the air and king of the Sumerian gods

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

En-lil; Enlil

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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