umma

um·ma

or um·mah U5019200 (o͝om′ə)n. The worldwide community of Muslims.

[Arabic 'umma, nation, people, community, from Aramaic 'umməṯā, from Akkadian ummatu, troop; see ʕmm in Semitic roots.]

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Umma - the Muslim community or people, considered to extend from Mauritania to Pakistan; "moderate Muslims urge the Ummah to reject the terrorism of radical Muslims"Islam Nation, Islamic Ummah, Muslim Ummah, UmmahMohammedanism, Muhammadanism, Muslimism, Islam, Islamism - the monotheistic religious system of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran; "Islam is a complete way of life, not a Sunday religion"; "the term Muhammadanism is offensive to Muslims who believe that Allah, not Muhammad, founded their religion"plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than onecommunity - a group of people living in a particular local area; "the team is drawn from all parts of the community"

Umma

(Sumerian, Ubme), an ancient Sumerian city-state in southern Mesopotamia (the modern archaeological site of Jokha in Iraq).

During the third millennium B.C., Umma struggled with Lagash over border territories and canals until the 24th century, when Lagash was defeated by Lugal-zaggesi, the ruler of Umma. At the end of the 24th century, Umma and other Sumerian cities were conquered by Sargon I the Ancient and thus fell under Akkadian control. Umma was invaded by the Guti circa 2200. In the 21st century, under the Third Dynasty of Ur, the city became a provincial center of the kingdom of Sumer and Akkad. After the dynasty’s fall circa 2000 B.C., Umma ceased to be of importance.

At the beginning of the 20th century, cuneiform tablets were discovered at Jokha by local inhabitants. These tablets, which constitute palace and temple economic records from the 23rd to 21st centuries, enabled V. V. Struve to deduce that Sumer was a slaveholding society.

REFERENCES

Struve, V. V. “Novye dannye ob organizatsii truda i sotsial’noi strukture obshchestva Sumera epokhi III dinastii Ura.” Sovetskoe vostokovedenie, 1949, no. 6.
Tiumenev, A. I. Gosudarstvennoe khoziaistvo drevnego Shumera. Moscow-Leningrad, 1956.

UMMA

Acronym	Definition
UMMA➣University of Maine Museum of Art (Bangor, ME)
UMMA➣University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology
UMMA➣United Muslims Moving Ahead (Depaul University)
UMMA➣United Marine Manufacturers Association
UMMA➣United Mixed Martial Arts (La Mirada, CA)
UMMA➣Urine Methylmalonic Acid
UMMA➣United Muslim Migrants Association (Australia)

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noun the Muslim community or people, considered to extend from Mauritania to Pakistan

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