sumerian

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: Su=me=ri=an

CIDE DICTIONARY

sumerian, a. 

 Of or pertaining to the region of lower Babylonia, which was anciently called Sumer, or its inhabitants or their language.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

sumerian, n. 

 A native of lower Babylonia, anciently called Sumer.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

sumerian, adj. & n.
--adj. of or relating to the early and non-Semitic element in the civilization of ancient Babylonia.
--n.
1 a member of the early non-Semitic people of ancient Babylonia.
2 the Sumerian language.

Etymology

F sum{eacute}rien f. Sumer in Babylonia