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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

The Orthodox Assyrian congregation overpowered the boy and he remained in an undisclosed hospital on Wednesday under police guard.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 17, 2024

The particular suburb of Wakeley represented the heart of the city's Assyrian Christian community.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2024

Here, his “Portal” suggests a blend of Assyrian, African and Greek sculpture while faking the look of glazed ceramic.

From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2024

Behind them was Kandar, a bandage-wrapped Assyrian mummy with powerful eagle-wings and eyes like rubies, who was carrying a small pig.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman