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ASUR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Asur mean? 

ASUR (noun)
  The noun ASUR has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ASUR used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ASUR (noun)


Sense 1

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 ("Asur" 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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