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Meaning & History
From Sumerian En-hedu-anna, derived from π (en) meaning "lady, high priestess" combined with πΆπ (hedu) meaning "ornament" and the god's name An 2. This was the Sumerian title of a 23rd-century BC priestess and poet, identified as a daughter of Sargon of Akkad. Presumably she had an Akkadian birth name, but it is unrecorded. She is regarded as one of the earliest known poets.