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Gilgamish
Variant of Gilgamesh
Gilgamesh
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Gil·ga·mesh (gil′gə mes̸h′)
noun
Bab. Legend an ancient king and hero of an epic (Gilgamesh Epic) completed about 2000 containing an account of a flood like the Biblical Flood
also Gilgamish Gil′·ga·mish′ (-mis̸h′)
Etymology: < Bab
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