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Assyria

Syllabification: (As·syr·i·a)
Pronunciation: /əˈsi(ə)rēə/
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Definition of Assyria
  • an ancient country in what is now northern Iraq. From the early part of the 2nd millennium bc, Assyria was the center of a succession of empires.

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