English noun: Ashur | |||
1. | Ashur (person) chief god of the Assyrians; god of military prowess and empire; identified with Babylonian Anshar | ||
Synonyms | Ashir | ||
Instance hypernym | Semitic deity | ||
Domain region | Assyria | ||
2. | Ashur (location) an ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria; just to the south of the modern city of Mosul in Iraq | ||
Synonyms | Assur, Asur | ||
Instance hypernym | city, metropolis, urban center | ||
Part meronym | Al-Iraq, Assyria, Irak, Iraq, Republic of Iraq | ||