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Assuwa

Assuwa proper noun: an ancient confederation in Anatolia.

Proper noun

Assuwa

  1. An ancient confederation in Anatolia.
    • The city of Troy was part of a small independent confederation named Assuwa that tried to resist the Hittite expansion but which eventually yielded and became a sort of vassal state to the Hittite empire.2018 March 1, Mariacarmela Montesanto, “Fall of Troy: the legend and the facts”, in The Conversation

Origin of Assuwa

Transliteration of Hittite 𒀸𒋗𒉿 (aš-šu-wa /⁠Aššuwa⁠/). Possibly a doublet of Asia.

Questions about Assuwa

What does Assuwa mean?
Assuwa means an ancient confederation in Anatolia.
What part of speech is Assuwa?
Assuwa is a proper noun.

Words near Assuwa in the dictionary

  1. assuring
  2. assuringly
  3. Assuristan
  4. assuror
  5. assurors
  6. Assuwa
  7. asswad
  8. asswads
  9. asswage
  10. asswaged
  11. asswages

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