English

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

See also

• Babylonia
• Mesopotamia
• Syria

Latin

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Assyria f ‎(genitive Assyriae); first declension

1. Assyria (ancient kingdom and subsequent Roman province)

Declension

First declension.

References

• Assyria in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Assyria”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Assyria in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
• Assyria in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Assyria in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Portuguese

Proper noun

Assyria f

1. Obsolete spelling of Assíria (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).