Assyria

As·syr·ia
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/əˈsɪɹi.ə/

proper noun

An ancient Semitic Akkadian kingdom and at times an empire, extant from the mid-23rd century BCE to 608 BCE and centred on the Upper Tigris river in northern Mesopotamia (present day northern Iraq, but at its maximum extent including parts of modern Iran, Syria, Israel, Palestine and Egypt).

OriginLatin Assyria ← Ancient Greek Ἀσσῠρίᾱ (Assŭríā) ← Akkadian 𒀾𒋗𒊏𒅀 (Aššūrāyu) →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. historicalAn ancient Semitic Akkadian kingdom and at times an empire, extant from the mid-23rd century BCE to 608 BCE and centred on the Upper Tigris river in northern Mesopotamia (present day northern Iraq, but at its maximum extent including parts of modern Iran, Syria, Israel, Palestine and Egypt).

Origin

  1. Akkadian𒀸𒋩𒆠 (Aššūr)
  2. Akkadian𒀾𒋗𒊏𒅀 (Aššūrāyu)
  3. Ancient GreekἈσσῠρίᾱ (Assŭríā)
  4. LatinAssyria
  5. EnglishAssyria

Learned borrowing from Latin Assyria, from Ancient Greek Ἀσσυρία (Assuría), from Akkadian 𒀾𒋗𒊏𒅀 (Aššūrāyu), from 𒀸𒋩𒆠 (Aššūr, “Assur”), its original capital. Doublet of Syria.

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Translations

Ancient Greek Ἀσσυρία, Ἀσσυρίη
  • Ἀσσυρία (Assuría)Semitic Akkadian kingdom
  • Ἀσσυρίη (Assuríē)Semitic Akkadian kingdom
Arabic آشُّور
  • آشُّور (ʔāššūr)Semitic Akkadian kingdom
Basque Asiria
  • AsiriaSemitic Akkadian kingdom
Bulgarian Асирия
  • Асирия (Asirija)Semitic Akkadian kingdom
Catalan Assíria
  • AssíriaSemitic Akkadian kingdom
Chinese Mandarin 亞述 /亚述
  • 亞述 /亚述 (Yàshù)Semitic Akkadian kingdom
Czech Asýrie
  • AsýrieSemitic Akkadian kingdom
Danish Assyrien
  • AssyrienSemitic Akkadian kingdom
Dutch Assyrië, Assyrische Rijk
  • AssyriëSemitic Akkadian kingdom
  • Assyrische RijkSemitic Akkadian kingdom
Estonian Assüüria
  • AssüüriaSemitic Akkadian kingdom
Finnish Assyria
  • AssyriaSemitic Akkadian kingdom
French Assyrie
  • AssyrieSemitic Akkadian kingdom
German Assyrien
  • AssyrienSemitic Akkadian kingdom
Greek Ασσυρία
  • Ασσυρία (Assyría)Semitic Akkadian kingdom
Hawaiian ʻAkulia
  • ʻAkuliaSemitic Akkadian kingdom
Hebrew אַשּׁוּר
  • אַשּׁוּר (ašur)Semitic Akkadian kingdom
Hindi असीरिया
  • असीरिया (asīriyā)Semitic Akkadian kingdom
Hungarian Asszíria
  • AsszíriaSemitic Akkadian kingdom
Icelandic Assyría
  • AssyríaSemitic Akkadian kingdom
Indonesian Asyur
  • AsyurSemitic Akkadian kingdom
Irish An Aisiria
  • An AisiriaSemitic Akkadian kingdom
Italian Assiria
  • AssiriaSemitic Akkadian kingdom
Japanese アッシリア
  • アッシリア (Asshiria)Semitic Akkadian kingdom
Korean 아시리아
  • 아시리아 (asiria)Semitic Akkadian kingdom
Latin Assyria
  • AssyriaSemitic Akkadian kingdom
Latvian Asīrija
  • AsīrijaSemitic Akkadian kingdom
Lithuanian Asirija
  • AsirijaSemitic Akkadian kingdom
Malay Assyria
  • AssyriaSemitic Akkadian kingdom
Norwegian Bokmål Assyria
  • AssyriaSemitic Akkadian kingdom
Persian آشور, آسورستان
  • آشور (âšur)Semitic Akkadian kingdom
  • آسورستان (âsurestân)Semitic Akkadian kingdom
Polish Asyria
  • AsyriaSemitic Akkadian kingdom
Portuguese Assíria
  • AssíriaSemitic Akkadian kingdom
Romanian Asiria
  • AsiriaSemitic Akkadian kingdom
Russian Асси́рия
  • Асси́рия (Assírija)Semitic Akkadian kingdom
Slovak Asýria
  • AsýriaSemitic Akkadian kingdom
Spanish Asiria
  • AsiriaSemitic Akkadian kingdom
Swedish Assyrien
  • AssyrienSemitic Akkadian kingdom
Thai อัสซีเรีย, จักรวรรดิอัสซีเรีย
  • อัสซีเรีย (àtseeriya)Semitic Akkadian kingdom
  • จักรวรรดิอัสซีเรีย (jàkgràwàt àtseeriya)Semitic Akkadian kingdom
Turkish Asur
  • AsurSemitic Akkadian kingdom
Ukrainian Асси́рія
  • Асси́рія (Assýrija)Semitic Akkadian kingdom

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Assyria

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Cite this entry
APA

Assyria. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Assyria

MLA

“Assyria.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Assyria. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Assyria,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Assyria.

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