Ασσυρία

From Ancient Greek Ἀσσυρία (Assuría), borrowed from Akkadian 𒀾𒋗𒊏𒅀 (Aššūrāyu), from 𒀸𒋩𒆠 (Aššūr, “Assur”), its original capital.

• IPA^(key): /as.si.ˈri.a/
• Hyphenation: Ασ‧συ‧ρί‧α

Ασσυρία • (Assyría) m

1. (historical) Assyria (an ancient Semitic Akkadian kingdom and at times an empire, extant from the mid-23rd century BCE to 608 BCE and centred on the Upper Tigris river in northern Mesopotamia (present day northern Iraq, but at its maximum extent including parts of modern Iran, Syria, Israel, Palestine and Egypt))

• Ασσυρία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el
• Ασσυρία, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language