ashur

English Thesaurus

1. an ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria; just to the south of the modern city of Mosul in Iraq (noun.location)

instance hypernym	:	city, metropolis, urban center,
definition	:	a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts (noun.location)

part meronym	:	al-iraq, irak, iraq, republic of iraq,
definition	:	a republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq (noun.location)

part meronym	:	assyria,
definition	:	an ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia which is in present-day Iraq (noun.location)

2. chief god of the Assyrians; god of military prowess and empire; identified with Babylonian Anshar (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	semitic deity,
definition	:	a deity worshipped by the ancient Semites (noun.person)

domain region	:	assyria,
definition	:	an ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia which is in present-day Iraq (noun.location)