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Ashur

American  
[ah-shoor, ash-er] / ˈɑ ʃʊər, ˈæʃ ər /

noun

  1. Assur.

  2. a first name.


Ashur British  
/ ˈæʃʊə /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of Assur

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DeKnight simply enjoyed working with Tarabay and was inspired by the possibilities of what might have been had Ashur somehow lived.

From Salon • Dec. 7, 2025

Ashur doesn’t actually tell her, “You’re going out a youngster but you’ve got to come back a star,” as Warner Baxter said to Ruby Keeler, but the idea is roughly the same.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

Ashur and Davis offer vivid portrayals, but the rests, if you will, in “Bars and Measures” leave too many gaps for the drama to find a powerful voice.

From Washington Post • Feb. 8, 2023

Ashur Carraha was 18 of 28 for 221 yards and three touchdowns for Stonehill.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 15, 2022

The resemblance of the name Ashur to the word for tree or pole, the “Ashera” of the Phœnicians and Hebrews, suggests, moreover, the probability of their common origin.

From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Nuttall, Zelia