Sargon

Meaning

Proper Noun

An Akkadian emperor famous for his conquest of the Sumerian city-states in the 24th and 23rd centuries BC.
Either of two Assyrian kings.

Origin

From Hebrew סַרְגוֹן (Isaiah 20:1), from Akkadian Šarrum-kīn.

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