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Added 9 October 2026

assur

noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about assur at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

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

Origin

From Hebrew אָסוּר (asúr).

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