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What does Nippur mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word Nippur? Here's what it means.

Proper noun
  1. An ancient city in Sumer, modern Nuffar in Afak Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate, Iraq.
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The transfer of his name and powers as god of Nippur to Marduk, the god of Babylon.
Bel, his father, commands him to set forth for the temple of Bel at Nippur.
If there is one goddess with whom she has nothing in common, it is Belit of Nippur.
A vase of calcite, also dedicated by Entemena, has been found at Nippur.
Tables similar to the one published by Rawlinson were compiled in the scribal school at Nippur.
Go south to Sumerian and Babylonian sites, Sippar, Babylon, Kish, Borsippar, Nippur, Uruk, Ur, Eridu.

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