assyria

Noun
  1. An ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia which is in present-day Iraq (synset 108938717)
    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
    is an instance of: geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region - a demarcated area of the Earth
    has:
    • 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
    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

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