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ASSYRIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia which is in present-day Iraq
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)
Meronyms (parts of "Assyria"):
Ashur; Assur; Asur (an ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria; just to the south of the modern city of Mosul in Iraq)
Nineveh (an ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris across from the modern city of Mosul in the northern part of what is now known as Iraq)
Domain member region:
Ashir; Ashur (chief god of the Assyrians; god of military prowess and empire; identified with Babylonian Anshar)
Ishtar; Mylitta (Babylonian and Assyrian goddess of love and fertility and war; counterpart to the Phoenician Astarte)
Nusku (god of fire and light; corresponds to Babylonian Girru)
Ramman (god of storms and wind; corresponds to Babylonian Adad)
Shamash (the chief sun god; drives away winter and storms and brightens the earth with greenery; drives away evil and brings justice and compassion)
Holonyms ("Assyria" 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)
Mesopotamia (the land between the Tigris and Euphrates; site of several ancient civilizations; part of what is now known as Iraq)
