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| Enlil |
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| SYLLABICATION: | En·lil |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   n l l |
| NOUN: | Mythology The chief Mesopotamian tutelary deity, invoked to assure prosperity. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Sumerian, folk-etymological alteration (influenced by en, lord, and lil, wind) of illil, ellil, of Semitic origin. See  l in Appendix II.
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