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ziggurat

noun /ˈzɪɡʊˌɹæt/

  1. Any building with similar style or shape.

    He works in an old ziggurat of an office building.

Where it comes from

Learned borrowing from Akkadian 𒅆𒂍𒉪 (ziqqurratum).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry ziggurat (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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