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Gender Feminine
Usage Near Eastern Mythology
Scripts 饞啝饞姽(Akkadian Cuneiform)
Other Forms FormsKi拧ar
Meaning & History
Her name is argued to mean "the whole earth", possibly deriving from the Akkadian element kili ("all, whole, totality"). The name of an Akkadian goddess that represented the Earth, with her twin Anshar representing the sky. She is mentioned briefly in the En奴ma Eli拧 (the Babylonian creation myth).