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American
[uh-seer-ee-uhn]
/ əˈsɪər i ən /
adjective
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of or relating to Assyria, its inhabitants, or their language.
noun
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a native or an inhabitant of Assyria.
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the dialect of Akkadian spoken in Assyria.
assyrian
British
/ əˈsɪrɪən /
noun
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an inhabitant of ancient Assyria
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a modern-day descendant of the ancient Assyrians
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the language of the ancient Assyrians, belonging to the E Semitic subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic family and regarded as a dialect of Akkadian
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a dialect of Aramaic, spoken by modern Assyrians
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged"
2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986
© HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005,
2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
adjective
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of, relating to, or characteristic of the ancient or modern Assyrians, their language, or culture
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged"
2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986
© HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005,
2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Etymology
First recorded in 1585–95; Assyri(a) + -an
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