Assyria

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Etymology

From Latin Assyria, from Ancient Greek Ἀσσυρία, from Akkadian 𒀸𒋗𒁺𐎹 (Aššūrāyu), from 𒀸𒋩 (Aššur, “Assur”), its original capital.

Proper noun

Assyria

1. a Semitic Akkadian kingdom, extant as a nation state from the mid–23rd century BC to 608 BC centred on the Upper Tigris river, in northern Mesopotamia (present day northern Iraq), that came to rule regional empires a number of times through history

Derived terms

• Assyrian

Translations

Semitic Akkadian kingdom

• Arabic: آشُّور (ar) (āššūr)
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܐܬܘܪ (ʾĀṯūr)

• Armenian: Ասորեստան (hy) (Asorestan)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 亞述 (cmn), 亚述 (cmn) (Yàshù)

• Dutch: Assyrië (nl), Assyrische Rijk (nl)
• Egyptian: sswr

• Finnish: Assyria (fi)
• French: Assyrie (fr) f
• German: Assyrien (de) n
• Greek: Ασσυρία (el) (Assyría)
• Hungarian: Asszíria (hu)

• Italian: Assiria (it) f
• Japanese: アッシリア (ja) (Asshiria)
• Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭮𐭥𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭭 (Asōrestān)
• Old Persian: 𐎠𐎰𐎢𐎼𐎠 (Aθura)
• Parthian: 𐭀𐭎𐭅𐭓𐭎𐭕𐭍
• Persian: آشور (fa) (āšūr)
• Polish: Asyria (pl) f
• Portuguese: Assíria (pt) f
• Russian: Ассирия (ru) (Assirija) f
• Serbo-Croatian: Asírija (sh) f
• Spanish: Asiria (es)
• Thai: อัสซีเรีย (th) (àtseeriya), จักรวรรดิอัสซีเรีย (th) (jàkgràwàt àtseeriya)
• Tok Pisin: Asiria (tpi)
• Turkish: Asur (tr)

See also

• Babylonia
• Mesopotamia
• Syria