"Assyria" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /əˈsɪɹi.ə/
Rhymes: -ɪɹiə Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin Assyria, from Ancient Greek Ἀσσυρία (Assuría), from Akkadian 𒀾𒋗𒊏𒅀 (Aššūrāyu), from 𒀸𒋩𒆠 (Aššūr, “Assur”), its original capital. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|la|Assyria}} Learned borrowing from Latin Assyria, {{der|en|grc|Ἀσσυρία}} Ancient Greek Ἀσσυρία (Assuría), {{der|en|akk|Aššūrāyu|𒀾𒋗𒊏𒅀|tr=Aššūrāyu}} Akkadian 𒀾𒋗𒊏𒅀 (Aššūrāyu), {{m|akk|Aššūr|𒀸𒋩𒆠|t=Assur|tr=Aššūr}} 𒀸𒋩𒆠 (Aššūr, “Assur”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Assyria
  1. A Semitic Akkadian kingdom, extant from the mid-23rd century BC to 608 BC and centred on the Upper Tigris river in northern Mesopotamia (present day northern Iraq), which came to rule regional empires a number of times through history. Wikipedia link: Assyria Categories (topical): Assyria Categories (place): Historical polities Derived forms: Assyrian Related terms: Babylonia, Iraq, Mesopotamia, Syria Translations (Semitic Akkadian kingdom): 𐔰𐕚𐕒𐕙𐕒𐕡𐕇 (asorux̣) (Aghwan), 𒆳𒀸𒋩𒆠 (māt aššurᵏⁱ) (Akkadian), 𒆳𒀀𒋩𒆠 (māt aššurᵏⁱ) (Akkadian), Asiria (Albanian), አሦር (ʾäśor) (Amharic), Ἀσσυρία (Assuría) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), Ἀσσυρίη (Assuríē) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), آشُّور (ʔāššūr) (Arabic), ܐܬܘܪ (ʾĀṯūr) [Classical-Syriac] (Aramaic), Ասորեստան (Asorestan) (Armenian), ܐܵܫܘܿܪ (āšor) [feminine] (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic), ܐܵܬܘܿܪ (ātor) [feminine] (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic), Assuriya (Azerbaijani), Asiria (Basque), Асі́рыя (Asíryja) [feminine] (Belarusian), Асирия (Asirija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), အဆီးရီးယားအင်ပါယာ (a.hci:ri:ya:angpaya) (Burmese), Assíria [feminine] (Catalan), 亞述 (Chinese Mandarin), 亚述 (Yàshù) (Chinese Mandarin), Asýrie [feminine] (Czech), Assyrien (Danish), Assyrië (Dutch), Assyrische Rijk (Dutch), i-s-sw-w-r:Z1-N25 (jswr) [feminine] (Egyptian), Assüüria (Estonian), Assyria (Finnish), Assyrie [feminine] (French), Asiria [feminine] (Galician), ასურეთი (asureti) (Georgian), Assyrien [neuter] (German), Ασσυρία (Assyría) (Greek), ʻAkulia (Hawaiian), אַשּׁוּר (ašur) (Hebrew), Asszíria (Hungarian), Assyría [feminine] (Icelandic), Asyur (Indonesian), An Aisiria [feminine] (Irish), Assiria [feminine] (Italian), アッシリア (Asshiria) (Japanese), Ассирия (Assiriä) (Kazakh), 아시리아 (asiria) (Korean), Ассирия (Assiriya) (Kyrgyz), ອັດຊີເຣຍ (ʼat sī rīa) (Lao), Assyria [feminine] (Latin), Asīrija [feminine] (Latvian), Asirija [feminine] (Lithuanian), Асирија (Asirija) [feminine] (Macedonian), Assyria (Malay), असिरिया (asiriyā) [masculine] (Marathi), Assyria (Norwegian Bokmål), Assyria (Norwegian Nynorsk), Ասորեստան (Asorestan) (Old Armenian), Асоуръ (Asurŭ) (Old Church Slavonic), 𐎠𐎰𐎢𐎼𐎠 (alt: a-θ-u-r-a /⁠aθura⁠/) (Old Persian), آشور (âšur) (Persian), آسورستان (âsurestân) (Persian), Asyria [feminine] (Polish), Assíria [feminine] (Portuguese), Asiria [feminine] (Romanian), Асси́рия (Assírija) [feminine] (Russian), Аси́рија [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Asírija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ဢႃႇသီးရီးယႃး (ʼàa síi ríi yáa) (Shan), Asýria [feminine] (Slovak), Asirija [feminine] (Slovene), Asiria (Spanish), Assyrien [neuter] (Swedish), อัสซีเรีย (àtseeriya) (Thai), จักรวรรดิอัสซีเรีย (jàkgràwàt àtseeriya) (Thai), Asiria (Tok Pisin), Asur (Turkish), Асси́рія (Assýrija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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          "word": "𐎠𐎰𐎢𐎼𐎠"
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          "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Асси́рия"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Аси́рија"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Asírija"
        },
        {
          "code": "shn",
          "lang": "Shan",
          "roman": "ʼàa síi ríi yáa",
          "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
          "word": "ဢႃႇသီးရီးယႃး"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Asýria"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Asirija"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
          "word": "Asiria"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Assyrien"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "àtseeriya",
          "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
          "word": "อัสซีเรีย"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "jàkgràwàt àtseeriya",
          "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
          "word": "จักรวรรดิอัสซีเรีย"
        },
        {
          "code": "tpi",
          "lang": "Tok Pisin",
          "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
          "word": "Asiria"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
          "word": "Asur"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "Assýrija",
          "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Асси́рія"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Assyria"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/əˈsɪɹi.ə/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪɹiə"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Assyria"
}
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    {
      "word": "Assyrian"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "Assyria"
      },
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      "name": "lbor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "Ἀσσυρία"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek Ἀσσυρία (Assuría)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "akk",
        "3": "Aššūrāyu",
        "4": "𒀾𒋗𒊏𒅀",
        "tr": "Aššūrāyu"
      },
      "expansion": "Akkadian 𒀾𒋗𒊏𒅀 (Aššūrāyu)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "akk",
        "2": "Aššūr",
        "3": "𒀸𒋩𒆠",
        "t": "Assur",
        "tr": "Aššūr"
      },
      "expansion": "𒀸𒋩𒆠 (Aššūr, “Assur”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Learned borrowing from Latin Assyria, from Ancient Greek Ἀσσυρία (Assuría), from Akkadian 𒀾𒋗𒊏𒅀 (Aššūrāyu), from 𒀸𒋩𒆠 (Aššūr, “Assur”), its original capital.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
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      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
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    "As‧syr‧ia"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Babylonia"
    },
    {
      "word": "Iraq"
    },
    {
      "word": "Mesopotamia"
    },
    {
      "word": "Syria"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Akkadian terms with redundant script codes",
        "Amharic terms with redundant script codes",
        "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Burmese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Classical Syriac terms with redundant script codes",
        "English 4-syllable words",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English learned borrowings from Latin",
        "English lemmas",
        "English proper nouns",
        "English terms borrowed from Latin",
        "English terms derived from Akkadian",
        "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "English terms derived from Latin",
        "English terms suffixed with -ia",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Georgian terms with redundant script codes",
        "Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Old Church Slavonic terms with redundant script codes",
        "Old Persian terms with redundant script codes",
        "Rhymes:English/ɪɹiə",
        "Rhymes:English/ɪɹiə/4 syllables",
        "en:Assyria",
        "en:Historical polities"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A Semitic Akkadian kingdom, extant from the mid-23rd century BC to 608 BC and centred on the Upper Tigris river in northern Mesopotamia (present day northern Iraq), which came to rule regional empires a number of times through history."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Akkadian",
          "Akkadian"
        ],
        [
          "Tigris",
          "Tigris"
        ],
        [
          "Mesopotamia",
          "Mesopotamia"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Assyria"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/əˈsɪɹi.ə/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪɹiə"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "xag",
      "lang": "Aghwan",
      "roman": "asorux̣",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "word": "𐔰𐕚𐕒𐕙𐕒𐕡𐕇"
    },
    {
      "code": "akk",
      "lang": "Akkadian",
      "roman": "māt aššurᵏⁱ",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "word": "𒆳𒀸𒋩𒆠"
    },
    {
      "code": "akk",
      "lang": "Akkadian",
      "roman": "māt aššurᵏⁱ",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "word": "𒆳𒀀𒋩𒆠"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "word": "Asiria"
    },
    {
      "code": "am",
      "lang": "Amharic",
      "roman": "ʾäśor",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "word": "አሦር"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔāššūr",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "word": "آشُّور"
    },
    {
      "code": "aii",
      "lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
      "roman": "āšor",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ܐܵܫܘܿܪ"
    },
    {
      "code": "aii",
      "lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
      "roman": "ātor",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ܐܵܬܘܿܪ"
    },
    {
      "code": "syc",
      "lang": "Aramaic",
      "roman": "ʾĀṯūr",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Syriac"
      ],
      "word": "ܐܬܘܪ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "Asorestan",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "word": "Ասորեստան"
    },
    {
      "code": "xcl",
      "lang": "Old Armenian",
      "roman": "Asorestan",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "word": "Ասորեստան"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "word": "Assuriya"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "word": "Asiria"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "Asíryja",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Асі́рыя"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "Asirija",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Асирия"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "a.hci:ri:ya:angpaya",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "word": "အဆီးရီးယားအင်ပါယာ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Assíria"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "word": "亞述"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Yàshù",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "word": "亚述"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Asýrie"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "word": "Assyrien"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "word": "Assyrië"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "word": "Assyrische Rijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "egy",
      "lang": "Egyptian",
      "roman": "jswr",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "i-s-sw-w-r:Z1-N25"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "word": "Assüüria"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "word": "Assyria"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Assyrie"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Asiria"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "asureti",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "word": "ასურეთი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Assyrien"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Assyría",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "word": "Ασσυρία"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "Assuría",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ἀσσυρία"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "Assuríē",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ἀσσυρίη"
    },
    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "word": "ʻAkulia"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ašur",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "word": "אַשּׁוּר"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "word": "Asszíria"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Assyría"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "word": "Asyur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "An Aisiria"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Assiria"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Asshiria",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "word": "アッシリア"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "Assiriä",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "word": "Ассирия"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "asiria",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "word": "아시리아"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "Assiriya",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "word": "Ассирия"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "ʼat sī rīa",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "word": "ອັດຊີເຣຍ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Assyria"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Asīrija"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Asirija"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "Asirija",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Асирија"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "word": "Assyria"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "asiriyā",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "असिरिया"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "word": "Assyria"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "word": "Assyria"
    },
    {
      "code": "cu",
      "lang": "Old Church Slavonic",
      "roman": "Asurŭ",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "word": "Асоуръ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "âšur",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "word": "آشور"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "âsurestân",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "word": "آسورستان"
    },
    {
      "alt": "a-θ-u-r-a /⁠aθura⁠/",
      "code": "peo",
      "lang": "Old Persian",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "word": "𐎠𐎰𐎢𐎼𐎠"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Asyria"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Assíria"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Asiria"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Assírija",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Асси́рия"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Аси́рија"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Asírija"
    },
    {
      "code": "shn",
      "lang": "Shan",
      "roman": "ʼàa síi ríi yáa",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "word": "ဢႃႇသီးရီးယႃး"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Asýria"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Asirija"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "word": "Asiria"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Assyrien"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "àtseeriya",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "word": "อัสซีเรีย"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "jàkgràwàt àtseeriya",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "word": "จักรวรรดิอัสซีเรีย"
    },
    {
      "code": "tpi",
      "lang": "Tok Pisin",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "word": "Asiria"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "word": "Asur"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Assýrija",
      "sense": "Semitic Akkadian kingdom",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Асси́рія"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Assyria"
}

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