Ashur

(ä′s̸ho̵or′)

noun

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

Origin: Akkadian

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

See Ashur in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Mythology

The principal Assyrian deity.

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