Assíria

See also: Assiria and assíria

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈsi.ɾi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aˈsi.ɾi.a]

Proper noun

Assíria f

1. (historical) Assyria (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))

Related terms

• assiri
• Assur

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Assyria (pre-standardization spelling)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈsi.ɾi.ɐ/ [aˈsi.ɾɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /aˈsi.ɾjɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈsi.ɾi.ɐ/ [aˈsi.ɾɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /aˈsi.ɾjɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈsi.ɾi.a/ [aˈsi.ɾɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /aˈsi.ɾja/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈsi.ɾjɐ/

• Homophone: assíria
• Hyphenation: As‧sí‧ri‧a

Proper noun

Assíria f

1. (historical) Assyria (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))

Related terms

• assírio