Enlil
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En·lil
(ĕn′lĭl)n. Mythology
The chief Mesopotamian tutelary deity, invoked to assure prosperity.
[Sumerian, folk-etymological alteration (influenced by en, lord, and lil, wind) of illil, ellil, of Semitic origin; see ʔl in Semitic roots.]
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| Noun | 1. | Enlil - god of the air and king of the Sumerian gods Sumer - an area in the southern region of Babylonia in present-day Iraq; site of the Sumerian civilization of city-states that flowered during the third millennium BC |
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