ˈu̇rək adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: from Uruk (Erech), ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates in Babylonia (now Warka, locality in southeastern Iraq), site of the culture's remains
: of or relating to a Sumerian early Bronze Age culture characterized by temples of stone, sculpture in the round, writing on clay, engraved cylinder seals, and plain red or gray pottery often having a polished surface