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Ashur (ä′s̸ho̵or′)

noun

Assyr. Myth. the chief deity, god of war and empire

Etymology: Akkadian

Ashur2 definition

Ashur (ä′s̸ho̵or′)

  1. ancient Sumerian city on the upper Tigris River in what is now N Iraq: the original capital of Assyria
  2. Assyria

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