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Assyrian

//əˈsiɹi.ɪn// adj, name, noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river, with capital city of Assur. historical, not-comparable
  2. 2
    Of, or characteristic of, or pertaining to the ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia, with capital city of Nineveh. historical, not-comparable

    "There is a languor in the air which encourages your own, and the poetry of memory is in every drooping flower and falling leaf. The very magnificence of its Assyrian array is touched with the light of imagination: even while you watch it, it passes away as your brightest hopes have done before."

  3. 3
    Of or pertaining to the Assyrian people. not-comparable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Any Syriac language spoken by Assyrian peoples, particularly Assyrian Neo-Aramaic.
  2. 2
    A dialect of Akkadian spoken in ancient Assyria.
Noun
  1. 1
    A person who resided in the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river, with capital city of Assur. historical
  2. 2
    an extinct language of the Assyrians in ancient Mesopotamia wordnet
  3. 3
    A citizen of an ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia, with capital city of Nineveh. historical
  4. 4
    the language of modern Iraq wordnet
  5. 5
    A person from a traditional Christian ethnic group with roots in the Middle East, who claim ancestry tracing back to the ancient Assyrians.
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  1. 6
    an inhabitant of ancient Assyria wordnet
  2. 7
    A butterfly of the genus Terinos.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Assyria + -n

Etymology 2

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Etymology 3

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