Uruk

[ oo-rook ]

noun

1. an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq, near the Euphrates, important before 2000 b.c.: exclusive archaeological excavations, notably of a ziggurat and of tablets with very early Sumerian script.

Example Sentences

And at least one set of structures was built startlingly early: 8000 years ago, 2000 years before the mighty walls of Uruk and Babylon in the Middle East and thousands of years before agriculture reached some parts of Europe and Asia, according to a study to be reported in Antiquity on 1 December.

From Science Magazine

Salt is also causing damage at the ruins of Uruk, the first city where writing is known to have been practiced.

From Reuters

Adar himself is still more elf than orc, or uruk, his preferred nomenclature.

From New York Times

Before I left Iraq, the NGO Alwash founded, Nature Iraq, arranged for police to escort me to the archeological site at Uruk, the Sumerian city where writing was invented.

From Salon

"The king of Uruk, demon-slaying, monster-wrestling, and questing-for-immortality Gilgamesh?"

From Literature