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ASSUR

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria; just to the south of the modern city of Mosul in Iraq

Synonyms:

Ashur; Assur; Asur

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Assur" is a part of...):

Al-Iraq; Irak; Iraq; Republic of Iraq (a republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq)

Assyria (an ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia which is in present-day Iraq)

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