Assyria en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /əˈsɪɹi.ə/
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Etymology
Etymology tree Akkadian 𒀸𒋩𒆠 (Aššūr) Akkadian 𒀾𒋗𒊏𒅀 (Aššūrāyu)bor. Ancient Greek Ἀσσῠρίᾱ (Assŭríā)der. Latin Assyrialbor. English 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.
Meanings
- (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).
Deriveds
Relateds
Assyriac · Babylonia · Syria · Mesopotamia · Iraq
Translations (77)
az Assuriya (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · ca Assíria (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · he אַשּׁוּר (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · syc ܐܬܘܪ (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · la Assyria (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · be Асі́рыя (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · egy i-s-sw-w-r:Z1-N25 (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · ar آشُّور (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · cmn 亞述 /亚述 (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · haw ʻAkulia (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · th จักรวรรดิอัสซีเรีย (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · nl Assyrische Rijk (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · hi असीरिया (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · et Assüüria (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · bg Асирия (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · da Assyrien (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · ka ასურეთი (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · hu Asszíria (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · tpi Asiria (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · is Assyría (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · peo 𐎠𐎰𐎢𐎼𐎠 (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · sv Assyrien (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · ms Assyria (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · akk 𒆳𒀀𒋩𒆠 (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · shn ဢႃႇသီးရီးယႃး (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · sk Asýria (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · aii ܐܵܬܘܿܪ (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · lt Asirija (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · ky Ассирия (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · fa آسورستان (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · am አሦር (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · grc Ἀσσυρία (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · ru Асси́рия (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · ro Asiria (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · xag 𐔰𐕚𐕒𐕙𐕒𐕡𐕇 (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · nb Assyria (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · cu Асоуръ (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · eu Asiria (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · de Assyrien (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · id Asyur (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · hy Ասորեստան (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · lo ອັດຊີເຣຍ (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · cs Asýrie (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · grc Ἀσσυρίη (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · pl Asyria (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · gl Asiria (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · fa آشور (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · mk Асирија (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · it Assiria (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · aii ܐܵܫܘܿܪ (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · lv Asīrija (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · el Ασσυρία (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · ja アッシリア (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · or ଆସିରିଆ (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · tum Asiriya (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · es Asiria (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · tr Asur (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · ht Asiri (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · sh Аси́рија (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · fi Assyria (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · akk 𒆳𒀸𒋩𒆠 (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · th อัสซีเรีย (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · sl Asirija (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · nn Assyria (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · sh Asírija (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · nl Assyrië (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · ko 아시리아 (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · ga An Aisiria (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · my အဆီးရီးယားအင်ပါယာ (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · oc Assiria (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · fr Assyrie (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · mr असीरिया (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · uk Асси́рія (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · pt Assíria (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · kk Ассирия (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · xcl Ասորեստան (Semitic Akkadian kingdom) · sq Asiria (Semitic Akkadian kingdom)