ziggurat

Meaning of ziggurat

noun

(in ancient Mesopotamia) a rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple. Ziggurats are first attested in the late 3rd millennium BC and probably inspired the biblical story of the Tower of Babel (Gen. 11:1–9).

from Akkadian ziqqurratu .

Information about ziggurat

It is a name.
The plural form of ziggurat is: ziggurats.
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Hyphenation of ziggurat

zig-gu-rat

It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
ziggurat is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

ziggurat synonyms

Meaning zikkurat:

zikkurat, zikurat

Translation of ziggurat

French: ziggourat, ziggurat
Spanish: zigurat
Italian: ziqqurat
Portuguese: zigurate

Words that rhyme with ziggurat

curat, Seurat, jurat, zikkurat, zikurat, Murat, Surat, surat

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