Definitions
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- noun an ancient Assyrian city.
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- proper noun One of the capitals of ancient
Assyria . - proper noun The name of the chief deity of the city (see
Ashur ).
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- noun an ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria; just to the south of the modern city of Mosul in Iraq
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Examples
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Achon and Ioppe, neere to a towne called Assur, Saladine with a great multitude of his Saracens came fiercely against the kings rereward, but through Gods mercifull grace in the same battell, the kings warriers acquited themselues so well, that the Saladine was put to flight, whom the
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 05 Central and Southern Europe Richard Hakluyt 1584
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a towne called Assur, Saladine with a great multitude of his
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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The relationship with her mother, Zippora, née Assur, the daughter of a prosperous merchant family, who had never attended school, became more and more difficult.
Fanny Lewald. 2009
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He also told me of a dramatic incident a few years later at the Assur regional museum, in northern Iraq.
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He also told me of a dramatic incident a few years later at the Assur regional museum, in northern Iraq.
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As saieth sainct Augustine, the countrie called Assiria, was so named of Assur, the sonne of Sem.
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Ver鵰 de hinc septem diebus euolutis rex ab Assur exiens, nauem qu� dicitur Buza ascendit, et cum eo Godericus pirata de regno Angli�, ac vexillo hast� pr鎓ixo et elato in a雛e ad radios solis vsque, Iaphet cum paucis nauigauit, vt hoc eius signo ciues Christiani recognito, fiduciam vit� regis haberent, et non facile hostium m韓is pauefacti, turpiter diffugium facerent, aut vrbem reddere cogerentur.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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The inhabitants of Samaria, who agreed and plotted with a king hostile to me not to endure servitude and not to bring tribute to Assur and who did battle, Ifought against them with the power of the great gods, my lords.
The Bible Unearthed Israel Finkelstein 2001
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The inhabitants of Samaria, who agreed and plotted with a king hostile to me not to endure servitude and not to bring tribute to Assur and who did battle, Ifought against them with the power of the great gods, my lords.
The Bible Unearthed Israel Finkelstein 2001
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The inhabitants of Samaria, who agreed and plotted with a king hostile to me not to endure servitude and not to bring tribute to Assur and who did battle, Ifought against them with the power of the great gods, my lords.
The Bible Unearthed Israel Finkelstein 2001
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