ashur

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsAshir

   BroaderSemitic deity

   Assyria

2. 2.

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

   SynonymsAssurAsur

   Broadercity

   Part ofAssyriaIraq

Other forms of ashur

plural

ashurs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ashur

What does ashur mean?

ashur means "chief god of the Assyrians; god of military prowess and empire; identified with Babylonian Anshar". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ashur?

ashur has 2 syllables: as-hur. The stress falls on "as". In IPA it is /ˈæʃɚ/.

What is another word for ashur?

Close synonyms include Ashir, Assur, Asur. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ashur a common word?

ashur is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.