Assyrian

[uh-seer-ee-uhn]

adjective

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

noun

1. a native or an inhabitant of Assyria.

2. the dialect of Akkadian spoken in Assyria.

Other Word Forms

• pre-Assyrian adjective
• pseudo-Assyrian adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Assyrian¹

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

Example Sentences

For the ancient Egyptians and Assyrians, kings were created in God’s image, but for the Israelites, this honor was bestowed on every individual.

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Syria is home to many ethnic and religious groups, including Kurds, Armenians, Assyrians, Christians, Druze, Alawite Shia and Arab Sunnis, the last of whom make up a majority of the Muslim population.

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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.

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Days later, a 15-year-old boy was arrested in the stabbing of an Assyrian Orthodox bishop and several other people during a mass that the police said was an act of terrorism.

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Viney said he found the boy’s alleged threats to stab Jewish or Assyrian people, a predominantly Christian ethnic group native to the Middle East, and an alleged assault to be “gravely concerning.”

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