Noun: Ashur 'a,shûr
- Chief god of the Assyrians; god of military prowess and empire; identified with Babylonian Anshar
- Ashir
- An ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria; just to the south of the modern city of Mosul in Iraq
- Assur, Asur
Type of: city, metropolis, Semitic deity, urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn]
Part of: Al-Iraq, Assyria, Irak, Iraq, Republic of Iraq
Encyclopedia: Ashur, Sistan and Baluchestan