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Assyria

Syllables: As·syr·ia/əˈsɪɹi.ə/

Assyria proper noun: an ancient Semitic Akkadian kingdom and at times an empire, extant from the mid-23rd century BCE to 608 BCE and centred on the Upper Tigris river in northern Mesopotamia (present day northern Iraq, but at its maximum extent including parts of modern Iran, Syria, Israel, Palestine and Egypt).

Proper noun

Assyria

  1. (historical) An ancient Semitic Akkadian kingdom and at times an empire, extant from the mid-23rd century BCE to 608 BCE and centred on the Upper Tigris river in northern Mesopotamia (present day northern Iraq, but at its maximum extent including parts of modern Iran, Syria, Israel, Palestine and Egypt).

Assyria meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Odia and Arabic

Assyria in Hindi

Semitic Akkadian kingdom
असीरिया asīriyā

Assyria in Marathi

Semitic Akkadian kingdom
असीरिया asīriyā

Assyria in Odia

Semitic Akkadian kingdom
ଆସିରିଆ āsiriā

Assyria in Arabic

Semitic Akkadian kingdom
آشُّور ʔāššūr
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Assyria in Malay
Assyria
Assyria in Indonesian
Asyur
Assyria in Persian
آشور âšur, آسورستان âsurestân
Assyria in Thai
อัสซีเรีย àtseeriya, จักรวรรดิอัสซีเรีย jàkgràwàt àtseeriya
Assyria in Myanmar
အဆီးရီးယားအင်ပါယာ a.hci:ri:ya:angpaya

Origin of Assyria

Learned borrowing from Latin Assyria, from Ancient Greek Ἀσσυρία (Assuría), from Akkadian 𒀾𒋗𒊏𒅀 (Aššūrāyu), from 𒀸𒋩𒆠 (Aššūr, “Assur”), its original capital. Doublet of Syria.

Words formed from Assyria

Words that rhyme with Assyria

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Questions about Assyria

What does Assyria mean?
Assyria means an ancient Semitic Akkadian kingdom and at times an empire, extant from the mid-23rd century BCE to 608 BCE and centred on the Upper Tigris river in northern Mesopotamia (present day northern Iraq, but at its maximum extent including parts of modern Iran, Syria, Israel, Palestine and Egypt).
What is Assyria in Hindi?
Assyria in Hindi is असीरिया (asīriyā). See Assyria meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Assyria?
Assyria is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Assyria?
Assyria is pronounced /əˈsɪɹi.ə/.

Words near Assyria in the dictionary

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

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