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Assyr.

Assyr. is the abbreviation of Assyrian.

Meaning of Assyrian

Adjective

Assyrian (not comparable)

  1. (historical) Of or pertaining to the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river, with capital city of Assur.
  2. (historical) Of, or characteristic of, or pertaining to the ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia, with capital city of Nineveh.
    • There is a languor in the air which encourages your own, and the poetry of memory is in every drooping flower and falling leaf. The very magnificence of its Assyrian array is touched with the light of imagination: even while you watch it, it passes away as your brightest hopes have done before.1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Opinions”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 113-114
  3. Of or pertaining to the Assyrian people.

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Questions about Assyr.

What is Assyr. the abbreviation of?
Assyr. is the abbreviation of Assyrian.

Words near Assyr. in the dictionary

  1. asswipes
  2. assy
  3. assymetrical
  4. Assynt
  5. Assyr
  6. Assyr.
  7. Assyria
  8. Assyriac
  9. Assyrian
  10. Assyrian Church of the East
  11. Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

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