assur

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Assur
    n 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 [syn: {Assur}, {Asur}, {Ashur}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Assur \Assur\ n.
   1. an ancient Assyrian city.
      [WordNet 1.5]

from Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)

Assur, same as Ashur

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