asur

Questions about asur

What does asur mean?

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

How many syllables are in asur?

asur has 2 syllables and divides as a-sur under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for asur?

Close synonyms include Assur, Ashur. 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 asur a common word?

asur 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.