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Assyria

Assyria

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An ancient kingdom in northern Iraq and nearby lands that ruled large parts of the area
  • proper noun
  • /əˈsɪr.i.ə/
: Asiria
  • In style, it resembled the ziggurats of ancient Assyria.

The true heir to the throne fled to Assyria to get Ashaban Nepal's protection.

Examples

  • The neighboring kingdom to the north had been eliminated by Assyria.

  • One of Assyria's final rulers, Ashrabhanipal, sent scholars throughout Babylonia to gather up and copy ancient literary works.

  • What is the capital of Assyria?

    Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

  • It was the capital of Assyria, and it was the biggest, meanest city around.

    Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie (2002)

  • Ancient Mesopotamia saw the land divided into Babylonia in the south and Assyria in the north.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Israel had enemies enough, but the prophets did not occupy themselves with denouncing the sins of Assyria; they were too busy at home.

    Academic text (2017)

  • What is the capital of Assyria?

  • Ancient Mesopotamia saw the land divided into Babylonia in the south and Assyria in the north.

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Assyria comes from the name of the ancient city and god Assur, also written Ashur, which gave its name to the whole land. So Assyria means the land and people who were ruled from that city long ago.