Associations to the word «Assyria»

Wiktionary

ASSYRIA, proper noun. A Semitic Akkadian kingdom, extant as a nation state from the mid–23rd century BC to 608 BC centred on the Upper Tigris river, in northern Mesopotamia (present day northern Iraq), that came to rule regional empires a number of times through history

Dictionary definition

ASSYRIA, noun. An ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia which is in present-day Iraq.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats