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• Assyrian
  Assyrian

  adjective

  of or relating to Assyria, its inhabitants, or their language.
• assyrian
  assyrian

  noun

  an inhabitant of ancient Assyria

Assyrian

American  

[uh-seer-ee-uhn] / əˈsɪər i ən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Assyria, its inhabitants, or their language.

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noun

1. a native or an inhabitant of Assyria.

2. the dialect of Akkadian spoken in Assyria.

assyrian British  

/ əˈsɪrɪən /

noun

1. an inhabitant of ancient Assyria

2. a modern-day descendant of the ancient Assyrians

3. 1. the language of the ancient Assyrians, belonging to the E Semitic subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic family and regarded as a dialect of Akkadian

   2. a dialect of Aramaic, spoken by modern Assyrians

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adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of the ancient or modern Assyrians, their language, or culture

Other Word Forms

• pre-Assyrian
  adjective
• pseudo-Assyrian
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of Assyrian

First recorded in 1585–95; Assyri(a) + -an

Example Sentences

In 720 BC, Assyrian forces destroyed the city and carried off many of its valuables to their capital, Assur, located in modern-day Iraq.

From Science Daily • May 5, 2026

Australian Federal Court Justice Geoffrey Kennett on Tuesday published his reasons for the decision a day earlier on the video that showed the stabbing of the Assyrian Orthodox bishop on April 15.

From Seattle Times • May 13, 2024

It was all caught on a live stream - beamed out over the internet to the local congregation and beyond, the news spreading quickly in Assyrian, Maronite, Catholic and Coptic Christian communities.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2024

I last drove past the Assyrian building a month ago.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2023

Laughter in the presence of an Egyptian sphinx or an Assyrian bird-beast was inconceivable; but it was perfectly natural in Olympus, and it made the gods companionable.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton