Urartu

Type Region
Usage Akkadian, Armenian, English
Scripts 饞喅饞尐饞寬饞倕(Akkadian Cuneiform) 請謧謤铡謤湛崭謧(Armenian)

Meaning & History

From Akkadian 饞喅饞尐饞寬饞倕 (Urartu), meaning unknown, possibly of Old Armenian origin. This was the name of an ancient kingdom that existed between the 9th and 6th centuries BC in eastern Anatolia (modern Armenia and Turkey).

Related Names

VariantArarat(Armenian)
Other Languages & CulturesArarat(Biblical) Ararat(Biblical Hebrew)

Categories

kingdoms
Entry added December 7, 2022