"ziggurat" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈzɪɡʊˌɹæt/, /ˈzɪɡəˌɹæt/ Audio: en-us-ziggurat.ogg Forms: ziggurats [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Akkadian 𒅆𒂍𒉪 (ziqqurratum). Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|akk|ziqqurratum|𒅆𒂍𒉪|tr=ziqqurratum}} Learned borrowing from Akkadian 𒅆𒂍𒉪 (ziqqurratum) Head templates: {{en-noun}} ziggurat (plural ziggurats)
  1. (archaeology) A temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley, having the form of a terraced pyramid of successively receding stories Wikidata QID: Q170153 Categories (topical): Archaeology Translations (temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley): 𒅆𒂍𒉪 (ziqqurratu) (Akkadian), زِقُّورَة (ziqqūra) [masculine] (Arabic), زِقُّورة (ziggūra) [Hijazi-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), জিগুৰাত (zigurat) (Assamese), উনিৰ (unir) (Assamese), ziggurat [masculine] (Catalan), 金字形神塔 (Chinese Mandarin), ziggoerat (Dutch), zigurato (Esperanto), zikkurat (Finnish), ziggourat [feminine] (French), ziggurat [feminine] (French), Zikkurat [feminine] (German), זיגוראט (zigurát) [masculine] (Hebrew), זיגוראת (zígurat) (Hebrew), זיקורת (zikurat) (Hebrew), ziqqurat [masculine] (Italian), ziggurat [masculine] (Italian), ジッグラト (Japanese), 지구라트 (jigurateu) (Korean), зигура́т (zigurát) [masculine] (Macedonian), zigorat (Occitan), زیگورات (Persian), ذیققورات (ziqqurat) (Persian), ziggurat [masculine] (Polish), zigurate [masculine] (Portuguese), zigurat [neuter] (Romanian), зиккура́т (zikkurát) [masculine] (Russian), zikkurat [masculine] (Slovak), zigurat [masculine] (Spanish), 𒅆𒂍𒉪 (IGI.É.NIR) (Sumerian), ziggurat (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-ziggurat-en-noun-en:Q170153 Categories (other): Terms with Assamese translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Sumerian translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Assamese translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Sumerian translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 47 53 Topics: archaeology, history, human-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley': 99 1
  2. Any building with similar style or shape. Categories (topical): Ancient Near East
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ziggarat, zigurat, ziqqurat, ziqqurrat, zikkurat, zikurat Derived forms: ziggurat algorithm, zigguratic, zigguratical

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    "Terms with Finnish translations",
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    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Hijazi Arabic translations",
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    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
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    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
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    "Terms with Spanish translations",
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      "word": "𒅆𒂍𒉪"
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      "word": "金字形神塔"
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      "sense": "temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley",
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    },
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      "word": "ziggurat"
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Zikkurat"
    },
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      "roman": "zigurát",
      "sense": "temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "זיגוראט"
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      "sense": "temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley",
      "word": "זיקורת"
    },
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      "sense": "temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley",
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      "word": "ziqqurat"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ziggurat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley",
      "word": "ジッグラト"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
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      "roman": "jigurateu",
      "sense": "temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley",
      "word": "지구라트"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "roman": "zigurát",
      "sense": "temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "зигура́т"
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      "code": "oc",
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      "sense": "temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley",
      "word": "zigorat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley",
      "word": "زیگورات"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ziqqurat",
      "sense": "temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley",
      "word": "ذیققورات"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ziggurat"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zigurate"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "zigurat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "зиккура́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zikkurat"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zigurat"
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      "code": "sux",
      "lang": "Sumerian",
      "roman": "IGI.É.NIR",
      "sense": "temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley",
      "word": "𒅆𒂍𒉪"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley",
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    "ziggurat"
  ],
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}

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