Assyria
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Assyria
- /əˈsɪɹi.ə/
Rhymes with -ɪɹiə
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin Assyria, from Ancient Greek Ἀσσυρία (Assuría), from Akkadian 𒀾𒋗𒊏𒅀 (Aššūrāyu), from 𒀸𒋩𒆠 (Aššūr, “Assur”), its original capital. Doublet of Syria.
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).
Translations
Talk about this word "Assyria." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/assyria. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Assyria. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/assyria "Assyria." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/assyria.Cite this
@misc{assyria_2026,
title = {Assyria},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/assyria},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
