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A temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley, having the form of a terraced pyramid of successively receding stories
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: archaeology, history, human-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Any building with similar style or shape.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
He works in an old ziggurat of an office building.
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a rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: zikkurat, zikurat
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: temple
Narrower terms: Tower of Babel, Babel
Learned borrowing from Akkadian 𒅆𒂍𒉪 (ziqqurratum).
Across languages
Translations 33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Akkadian :
𒅆𒂍𒉪
(ziqqurratu)
— temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley
Arabic :
زِقُّورَة
(ziqqūra)
— temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley
Arabic :
زِقُّورة
(ziggūra)
— temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley
Assamese :
জিগুৰাত
(zigurat)
— temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley
Assamese :
উনিৰ
(unir)
— temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley
Catalan :
ziggurat
— temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley
Chinese Mandarin :
金字形神塔
— temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley
Czech :
zikkurat
— temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley
Dutch :
ziggoerat
— temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley
Esperanto :
zigurato
— temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley
Finnish :
zikkurat
— temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley
French :
ziggourat
— temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley
French :
ziggurat
— temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley
German :
Zikkurat
— temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley
Hebrew :
זִקֻּרַת
(ziḳḳuráṯ)
— temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley
Icelandic :
þrepapíramídi
— temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley
Icelandic :
ziggurathof
— temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley
Italian :
ziqqurat
— temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley
Italian :
ziggurat
— temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley
Japanese :
ジッグラト
— temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley
Korean :
지구라트
(jigurateu)
— temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley
Macedonian :
зигура́т
(zigurát)
— temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley
Occitan :
zigorat
— temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley
Persian :
زیگورات
— temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley
Persian :
ذیققورات
(ziqqurat)
— temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley
Polish :
ziggurat
— temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley
Portuguese :
zigurate
— temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley
Romanian :
zigurat
— temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley
Russian :
зиккура́т
(zikkurát)
— temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley
Slovak :
zikkurat
— temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley
Spanish :
zigurat
— temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley
Sumerian :
𒅆𒂍𒉪
(IGI.É.NIR)
— temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley
Turkish :
ziggurat
— temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley
