ASSYRIAN Synonyms

• a very old person

• a person who lived in ancient times

• belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire

• very old

• of or relating to the ancient Aramaic languages

• a Semitic language originally of the ancient Arameans but still spoken by other people in southwestern Asia

• an alphabetical (or perhaps syllabic) script used since the 9th century BC to write the Aramaic language; many other scripts were subsequently derived from it

• chief god of the Assyrians; god of military prowess and empire; identified with Babylonian Anshar

• an ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria; just to the south of the modern city of Mosul in Iraq

• king of Assyria who built a magnificent palace and library at Nineveh (668-627 BC)

• an ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria; just to the south of the modern city of Mosul in Iraq

• of or relating to the city of Babylon or its people or culture

• an inhabitant of ancient Babylon

• the ideographic and syllabic writing system in which the ancient Babylonian language was written

• of or relating to ancient Chaldea or its people or language or culture

• a wise man skilled in occult learning

• an inhabitant of ancient Chaldea

• an eating apple that somewhat resembles a McIntosh; used as both an eating and a cooking apple

• the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised

• a group of countries under a single authority

• a monarchy with an emperor as head of state

• a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization

• a republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq

• the land between the Tigris and Euphrates; site of several ancient civilizations; part of what is now known as Iraq

• an ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris across from the modern city of Mosul in the northern part of what is now known as Iraq

• of or relating to the group of Semitic languages

• of or relating to or characteristic of Semites

• a major branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family

• king of Assyria who invaded Judea twice and defeated Babylon and rebuilt Nineveh after it had been destroyed by Babylonians (died in 681 BC)

• an extinct language of the Assyrians in ancient Mesopotamia

• an extinct language of the Assyrians in ancient Mesopotamia

• an extinct language of the Assyrians in ancient Mesopotamia

• the language of modern Iraq

• the language of modern Iraq