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Consort of Inanna
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tammuz
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Thammuz \Tham"muz\, Tammuz \Tam"muz\, n. [Heb. thamm[=u]z.] A deity among the ancient Syrians, in honor of whom the Hebrew idolatresses held an annual lamentation. This deity has been conjectured to be the same with the Ph[oe]nician Adon, or Adonis. --Milton. ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Babylonian and Assyrian god (identified with Adon), according to Klein's sources probably from Babylonian Du'uzu , contraction of Dumu-zi "the son who rises," also interpeted as "the faithful son."
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Tammuz (; , Transliterated Hebrew : , Tiberian Hebrew : ; ; , ; Sumerian : (DUMU.ZI(D), "faithful or true son") was the name of a Sumerian god of food and vegetation , also worshiped in the later Mesopotamian states of Akkad , Assyria and Babylonia .
Usage examples of tammuz.
Still complaining to himself, Tammuz arranged the smoldering sticks in the stand, then stalked off toward the building where everyone else had gone.