# Assyria
## English
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Assyria, from Ancient Greek Ἀσσυρία (Assuría), from Akkadian 𒀾𒋗𒊏𒅀 (Aššūrāyu), from 𒀸𒋩𒆠 (Aššūr, “Assur”), its original capital. Doublet of Syria.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /əˈsɪɹi.ə/
* Hyphenation: As‧syr‧ia
* Rhymes: -ɪɹiə

### Proper noun

Assyria
* 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.

#### Derived terms

* Assyrian

#### Translations

Aghwan: 𐔰𐕚𐕒𐕙𐕒𐕡𐕇 (asorux̣)
Akkadian: 𒆳𒀸𒋩𒆠 (māt aššur$^{ki}$), 𒆳𒀀𒋩𒆠 (māt aššur$^{ki}$)
Albanian: Asiria
Amharic: አሦር (ʾäśor)
Arabic: آشُّور (ʔāššūr)
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܵܫܘܿܪ f (āšor), ܐܵܬܘܿܪ f (ātor)
Classical Syriac: ܐܬܘܪ (ʾĀṯūr)
Armenian: Ասորեստան (Asorestan)
Old Armenian: Ասորեստան (Asorestan)
Azerbaijani: Assuriya
Basque: Asiria
Belarusian: Асі́рыя f (Asíryja)
Bulgarian: Асирия f (Asirija)
Burmese: အဆီးရီးယားအင်ပါယာ (a.hci:ri:ya:angpaya)
Catalan: Assíria f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 亞述 / 亚述 (zh) (Yàshù)
Czech: Asýrie (cs) f
Danish: Assyrien
Dutch: Assyrië (nl), Assyrische Rijk
Egyptian: (jswr f)
Estonian: Assüüria
Finnish: Assyria (fi)
French: Assyrie (fr) f
Galician: Asiria (gl) f
Georgian: ასურეთი (asureti)
German: Assyrien (de) n
Greek: Ασσυρία (el) (Assyría)
Ancient: Ἀσσυρία f (Assuría), Ἀσσυρίη f (Assuríē)
Hawaiian: ʻAkulia
Hebrew: אַשּׁוּר (he) (ašur)
Hungarian: Asszíria (hu)
Icelandic: Assyría f
Indonesian: Asyur
Irish: An Aisiria f
Italian: Assiria f
Japanese: アッシリア (Asshiria)
Kazakh: Ассирия (Assiriä)
Korean: 아시리아 (asiria)
Kyrgyz: Ассирия (Assiriya)
Lao: ອັດຊີເຣຍ (ʼat sī rīa)
Latin: Assyria f
Latvian: Asīrija f
Lithuanian: Asirija f
Macedonian: Асирија f (Asirija)
Malay: Assyria
Marathi: असिरिया m (asiriyā)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Assyria
Nynorsk: Assyria
Old Church Slavonic: Асоуръ (Asurŭ)
Persian: آشور (fa) (âšur), آسورستان (âsurestân)
Old Persian: 𐎠𐎰𐎢𐎼𐎠 (a-θ-u-r-a /⁠aθura⁠/)
Polish: Asyria (pl) f
Portuguese: Assíria (pt) f
Romanian: Asiria f
Russian: Асси́рия (ru) f (Assírija)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Аси́рија f
Roman: Asírija (sh) f
Shan: ဢႃႇသီးရီးယႃး (ʼàa síi ríi yáa)
Slovak: Asýria f
Slovene: Asirija f
Spanish: Asiria
Swedish: Assyrien n
Thai: อัสซีเรีย (àtseeriya), จักรวรรดิอัสซีเรีย (jàkgràwàt àtseeriya)
Tok Pisin: Asiria
Turkish: Asur (tr)
Ukrainian: Асси́рія f (Assýrija) :

### See also

* Babylonia
* Iraq
* Mesopotamia
* Syria

## Finnish
### Etymology

Ultimately from Latin Assyria.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑsːy(ː)riɑ/, [ˈɑ̝s̠ːy(ː)ˌriɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -iɑ
* Hyphenation: As‧sy‧ria

### Proper noun

Assyria
* Assyria (Semitic Akkadian kingdom)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Assyria (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Assyriani
accusative
nom.
Assyriani
gen.
Assyriani
genitive
Assyriani
partitive
Assyriaani
inessive
Assyriassani
elative
Assyriastani
illative
Assyriaani
adessive
Assyriallani
ablative
Assyrialtani
allative
Assyrialleni
essive
Assyrianani
translative
Assyriakseni
abessive
Assyriattani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Assyriasi
accusative
nom.
Assyriasi
gen.
Assyriasi
genitive
Assyriasi
partitive
Assyriaasi
inessive
Assyriassasi
elative
Assyriastasi
illative
Assyriaasi
adessive
Assyriallasi
ablative
Assyrialtasi
allative
Assyriallesi
essive
Assyrianasi
translative
Assyriaksesi
abessive
Assyriattasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Assyriamme
accusative
nom.
Assyriamme
gen.
Assyriamme
genitive
Assyriamme
partitive
Assyriaamme
inessive
Assyriassamme
elative
Assyriastamme
illative
Assyriaamme
adessive
Assyriallamme
ablative
Assyrialtamme
allative
Assyriallemme
essive
Assyrianamme
translative
Assyriaksemme
abessive
Assyriattamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Assyrianne
accusative
nom.
Assyrianne
gen.
Assyrianne
genitive
Assyrianne
partitive
Assyriaanne
inessive
Assyriassanne
elative
Assyriastanne
illative
Assyriaanne
adessive
Assyriallanne
ablative
Assyrialtanne
allative
Assyriallenne
essive
Assyriananne
translative
Assyriaksenne
abessive
Assyriattanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Assyriansa
accusative
nom.
Assyriansa
gen.
Assyriansa
genitive
Assyriansa
partitive
Assyriaansa
inessive
Assyriassaan Assyriassansa
elative
Assyriastaan Assyriastansa
illative
Assyriaansa
adessive
Assyriallaan Assyriallansa
ablative
Assyrialtaan Assyrialtansa
allative
Assyrialleen Assyriallensa
essive
Assyrianaan Assyrianansa
translative
Assyriakseen Assyriaksensa
abessive
Assyriattaan Assyriattansa
instructive
comitative

#### Derived terms

* assyrialainen
* assyriologi
* assyriologia

## Latin
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀσσυρία (Assuría), from Akkadian 𒀾𒋗𒊏𒅀 (Aššūrāyu), from 𒀸𒋩𒆠 (Aššūr, “Assur”), its original capital.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /asˈsy.ri.a/, [äs̠ˈs̠ʏriä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /asˈsi.ri.a/, [äsˈsiːriä]

### Proper noun

Assyria f sg (genitive Assyriae); first declension
* Assyria (ancient kingdom and subsequent Roman province)

#### Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

#### Descendants

* → Catalan: Assíria
* → Czech: Asýrie
* → Danish: Assyrien
* → Dutch: Assyrië
* → English: Assyria
** Tok Pisin: Asiria
** → Hawaiian: ʻAkulia
* → Finnish: Assyria
* → French: Assyrie
* → German: Assyrien
* → Hungarian: Asszíria
* → Irish: Aisiria
* → Italian: Assiria
* → Japanese: アッシリア (Asshiria)
* → Polish: Asyria
* → Portuguese: Assíria
* → Russian: Ассирия (Assirija)
* → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: Асирија
    Latin script: Asirija
* → Slovak: Asýria
* → Spanish: Asiria
* → Swahili: Assyrien
* → Ukrainian: Асси́рія (Assýrija)

### References

* “Assyria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* Assyria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* “Assyria”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
* “Assyria”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “Assyria”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Proper noun

Assyria
* Assyria

#### Related terms

* assyrer
* assyrisk

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Proper noun

Assyria
* Assyria

#### Related terms

* assyrar
* assyrisk

## Portuguese
### Proper noun

Assyria f
* Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Assíria.