Assyria

[ uh-seer-ee-uh ]

/ əˈsɪər i ə /

noun

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

Examples from the Web for assyria

Its leading features do not seem to have differed greatly from those of the Court of Assyria.
The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 3. (of 7): Media|George Rawlinson
The tenacity they had displayed during their conflict with Assyria had effaced the remembrance of their defeat.
History Of Egypt, Chalda, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 9 (of 12)|G. Maspero
The people of Israel were carried captive into Assyria, and distributed among the cities of the Medes.
The Articles of Faith|James E. Talmage
He reminds us that although cemeteries are entirely absent from Assyria, Chaldæa is full of them.
A History of Art in Chalda & Assyria, v. 1|Georges Perrot

Assyriology, the study of the monuments of Assyria, chiefly in a Biblical interest.
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia|Edited by Rev. James Wood

British Dictionary definitions for assyria

Assyria

/ (əˈsɪrɪə) /

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).

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