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NINIB
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• NINIB (noun)
The noun NINIB has 1 sense:
1. a solar deity; firstborn of Bel and consort was Gula; god of war and the chase and agriculture; sometimes identified with biblical Nimrod
Familiarity information: NINIB used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
A solar deity; firstborn of Bel and consort was Gula; god of war and the chase and agriculture; sometimes identified with biblical Nimrod
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Ninib; Ninurta
Instance hypernyms:
Semitic deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Semites)
Domain region:
Babylon (the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capital of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia)
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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