ASHUR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ashur mean? 

• ASHUR (noun)
  The noun ASHUR has 2 senses:

1. chief god of the Assyrians; god of military prowess and empire; identified with Babylonian Anshar

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

  Familiarity information: ASHUR used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASHUR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Chief god of the Assyrians; god of military prowess and empire; identified with Babylonian Anshar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Ashir; Ashur

Instance hypernyms:

Semitic deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Semites)

Domain region:

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

Sense 2

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Ashur; Assur; Asur

Instance hypernyms:

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

Holonyms ("Ashur" 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)