Uruk-Warka

English

Alternative forms

• Uruk-Warqa

Proper noun

Uruk-Warka

1. Alternative name for the ancient city of Uruk, especially in reference to the modern archaeological site.
   • 2007, Roger Mattews, “Uruk-Warqa, Iraq”, in World Archaeology‎^[1], number 23:

     Like all south Mesopotamian sites, Uruk-Warka was constructed largely of sun-dried mud-brick.

   • 2011, Justin Jennings, Globalizations and the Ancient World, Cambridge University Press, page 58:

     Uruk-Warka is one of many ancient massive mounds situated along the Tigris and Euphrates River in modern Iraq.