Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to Assyria or its people, language, or culture.
- noun A native or inhabitant of Assyria.
- noun The Assyrian dialects of Akkadian.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining or relating to Assyria or to its inhabitants.
- noun A native or an inhabitant of Assyria, an ancient country of Asia, east of the river Tigris, long at the head of the powerful Assyrian empire, including Babylonia and other neighboring countries.
- noun The language of the Assyrians, which has been preserved by and largely recovered from their cuneiform inscriptions. See
cuneiform .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to Assyria, or to its inhabitants.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who resided in the ancient
region on the UpperTigris river, with capital city of Assur. - noun A citizen of an ancient
nation andempire , including the northern half ofMesopotamia , with capital city ofNineveh . - adjective Of or pertaining to the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river, with capital city of Assur.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia, with capital city of Nineveh.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the language of modern Iraq
- noun an inhabitant of ancient Assyria
- noun an extinct language of the Assyrians in ancient Mesopotamia
Etymologies
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Examples
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Fikri Aygur and the primitive ADO ideology: Combination of the term Assyrian / Syrian
American Chronicle 2008
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Isa Sumer and the primitive ADO - ideology: Combination of the term Assyrian / Syrian
American Chronicle 2008
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2.2 Madam Tunc and the primitive ADO - ideology: Combination of the term Assyrian / Syrian
American Chronicle 2008
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It is noticeable that the distinction between the Semitic newcomers and the indigenous Shumiro-Accadians continues long to be traceable in the names of the royal temple-builders, even after the new Semitic idiom, which we call the Assyrian, had entirely ousted the old language -- a process which must have taken considerable time, for it appears, and indeed stands to reason, that the newcomers, in order to secure the wished for influence and propagate their own culture, at first not only learned to understand but actually used themselves the language of the people among whom they came, at least in their public documents.
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Jinn reflect the sensibilities of those imagining them, just as in Assyrian times they were taken to be the spirits responsible for manias, who melted into the light at dawn.
Archive 2006-12-01 JDsg 2006
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Jinn reflect the sensibilities of those imagining them, just as in Assyrian times they were taken to be the spirits responsible for manias, who melted into the light at dawn.
Born of Fire JDsg 2006
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Adrammelech -- supposed by some to be the same as Molech, and in Assyrian mythology to stand for the sun.
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A sacred tree is often found in Assyrian sculpture; symbol of the starry hosts, Saba. gardens -- planted enclosures for idolatry; the counterpart of the garden of Eden.
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The Medes, perhaps, had such chariots, though no traces of them are found in Assyrian remains.
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The eagle-headed human figure in Assyrian sculptures is no doubt Nisroch, the same as Asshur, the chief Assyrian god; the corresponding goddess was Asheera, or Astarte; this means a "grove," or sacred tree, often found as the symbol of the heavenly hosts (Saba) in the sculptures, as Asshur the Eponymus hero of Assyria (Ge 10: 11) answered to the sun or Baal, Belus, the title of office, "Lord."
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