Home › Words › L › lugallugallugal means A ruler of a city state in ancient Sumer.EtymologyLearned borrowing from Sumerian 𒈗 (lugal, “king, lord”).nounA ruler of a city state in ancient Sumer.e.g.“Evidence shows that competition among Sumerian city-states reached a new level around 2500 B.C.E., as ambitious lugals vied to magnify themselves and their kingdoms.” — 2011, Judith Coffin, Robert Stacey, Joshua Cole, Carol Symes, Western Civilizations: Their History & Their Culture, seventeenth edition, volume I, New York, N.Y.; London: W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBNDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).