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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun (Akkadian mythology) An Akkadian goddess, wife of the moon god Sin.
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- noun (Akkadian) a goddess; wife of the Moon god Sin
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'By Shai-tan's tail and the star of Ningal, comrade, I know not.
Conan Of The Isles De Camp, L. Sprague 1968
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Associated with Marduk was his consort Sarpanit, and grouped around the pair as princes around a throne were the chief deities of the older centres, like Ea and Damkina of Eridu, Nebo and Tashmit of Borsippa, Nergal and Allatu of Kutha, Shamash and [= A] of Sippar, Sin and Ningal of Ur, as well as pairs like Ramman (or Adad) and Shala whose central seat is unknown to us.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
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