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assyria

/əˈsɪɹi.ə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.72 in modern English

Syllables
As-syr-ia
IPA
/əˈsɪɹi.ə/
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
4
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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).

Etymology

Etymology tree Akkadian 𒀸𒋩𒆠 (Aššūr) Akkadian 𒀾𒋗𒊏𒅀 (Aššūrāyu)bor. Ancient Greek Ἀσσῠρίᾱ (Assŭríā)der. Latin Assyrialbor. English Assyria Learned borrowing from Latin Assyria, from Ancient Greek Ἀσσυρία (Assuría), from Akkadian 𒀾𒋗𒊏𒅀 (Aššūrāyu), from 𒀸𒋩𒆠 (Aššūr, “Assur”), its original capital. Doublet of Syria.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Ἀσσυρία, Aššūrāyu

Derived Forms

Assyrian

Frequently Paired Words

Assyriac Babylonia Iraq Mesopotamia Syria

Rhymes With

syria nigeria criteria bacteria algeria siberia cafeteria iberia listeria elyria seria gaviria

Questions

How do you pronounce assyria?
The recorded pronunciation is /əˈsɪɹi.ə/.
What does assyria mean?
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).
Where does assyria come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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