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ENLIL
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• ENLIL (noun)
The noun ENLIL has 1 sense:
1. god of the air and king of the Sumerian gods
Familiarity information: ENLIL used as a noun is very rare.
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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