noun
1. chief god of the Assyrians; god of military prowess and empire; identified with Babylonian Anshar
• Syn: ↑Ashir
• Regions: ↑Assyria
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑Semitic deity
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
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑city, ↑metropolis, ↑urban center
• Part Holonyms: ↑Assyria, ↑Iraq, ↑Republic of Iraq, ↑Al-Iraq, ↑Irak
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/ah"shoor/ for 1; /ash"euhr/ for 2, n.
1. Assur.
2. a male given name.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.