Assyria

[uh-seer-ee-uh]

noun

an ancient empire in SW Asia: greatest extent from about 750 to 612 b.c. Capital: Nineveh.

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Historical Examples of assyria

We read that in Assyria deadly influences were ascribed to the moon.
Storyology
Benjamin Taylor
He finds Assyria and the Mounds of Cholula at his door, and himself has laid the courses.
Essays, First Series
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Could this be said of Assyria, and shall it not be said of England?
Proserpina, Volume 1
John Ruskin
Assyria, more rugged in character, did not enjoy the same advantages.
The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria
Morris Jastrow
Ramman-nirari's reign marks a turning-point in the history of Assyria.
The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria
Morris Jastrow

British Dictionary definitions for assyria

Assyria

noun

an ancient kingdom of N Mesopotamia: it established an empire that stretched from Egypt to the Persian Gulf, reaching its greatest extent between 721 and 633 bc . Its chief cities were Assur and Nineveh

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Word Origin and History for assyria

Assyria

Middle English, from Latin Assyria, from Greek Assyria, short for Assyria ge "the Assyrian land," from fem. of Assyrios "pertaining to Assyria," from Akkadian Ashshur, name of the chief city of the kingdom and also of a god, probably from Assyrian sar "prince." (See also Syria).