ASSYRIANS, THE

Meaning of ASSYRIANS, THE in English

[m2]See main entry: ↑ Assyrian

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

ASHUR — noun Etymology: Akkadian Ashūr Date: 1589 the chief deity of the Assyrians
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SYRIA — officially Syrian Arab Republic Country, Middle East, along the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Area: 71,498 sq mi (185,180 …
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SIPPAR — Ancient city, Babylonia . It is located southwest of modern Baghdad on the Euphrates River . From the 3rd millennium …
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SIDON — Arabic Ṣaydā Seaport (pop., latest est.: 140,000), southwestern Lebanon. Located on the site of a city founded in the 3rd …
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SAMARITAN — Member of a now nearly extinct Jewish community. Calling themselves Bene-Yisrael ("Children of Israel"), or Shamerim ("Observant Ones"), they claim …
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PHOENICIA — Ancient region, Middle East. Corresponding to modern Lebanon, with adjoining parts of Syria and Israel, its chief cities were Sidon, …
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JUDITH — I Legendary Jewish heroine, the central character in the Book of Judith in the Apocrypha . (The book is excluded …
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ASSYRIA — Ancient empire, southwestern Asia. It grew from a small region around Ashur (in northern Iraq) to encompass an area stretching …
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ASSYRIAN — I. əˈsirēən also aˈ- adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Assyria, ancient empire of western Asia + English -an 1. a. …
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URARTU — ancient country of southwest Asia centred in the mountainous region southeast of the Black Sea and southwest of the Caspian …
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SYRIA, FLAG OF — horizontally striped red-white-black national flag with two green stars on the white stripe. The flag's width-to-length ratio is 2 to …
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PSAMTIK I — died 610 BC governor, later king (reigned 664610 BC) of Egypt, who expelled the Assyrians from Egypt and reunited the …
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NUBIA — ancient region in northeastern Africa, extending approximately from the Nile River valley (near the first cataract in Upper Egypt) eastward …
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NECHO I — flourished c. 672, 664 BC governor of Sais, a city of the Egyptian Nile delta, under the Assyrians and ancestor …
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NAPATA — the capital in about 750590 BC of the ancient kingdom of Cush (Kush), situated downstream from the Fourth Cataract of …
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MESOPOTAMIAN RELIGION — Sites associated with ancient Mesopotamian history. beliefs and practices of the Sumerians and Akkadians, and their successors, the Babylonians and …
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MESOPOTAMIA, HISTORY OF — Sites associated with ancient Mesopotamian history. history of the region in southwestern Asia where the world's earliest civilization developed. The …
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IRAQ, FLAG OF — horizontally striped red-white-black national flag with three green stars and an Arabic inscription on the white stripe. The flag has …
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HABAKKUK, THE BOOK OF — also called The Prophecy Of Habacuc, the eighth of 12 Old Testament books that bear the names of the Minor …
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CYAXARES — died 585 BC king of Media (located in what is now northwestern Iran), who reigned from 625 to 585 BC. …
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ASHUR — also spelled Assur, modern Qal'at Sharqat ancient religious capital of Assyria, located on the west bank of the Tigris River …
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ARAMAIC LANGUAGE — Semitic language of the Northern Central, or Northwestern, group that was originally spoken by the ancient Middle Eastern people known …
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ANATOLIA — Turkish Anadolu, also called Asia Minor, the peninsula of land that today constitutes the Asiatic portion of Turkey. Because of …
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YOUR
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WELL — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a better/greater/deeper understanding ▪ All of this will lead to a better understanding of …
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WAY — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a haphazard way/manner/fashion ▪ I continued my studies in a rather haphazard way. a …
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UP
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TAKE
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SET — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bunch/set of keys (= a group of keys kept together ) ▪ He …
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RIGHT
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OPEN — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a competition is open to sb (= used to say who can enter a …
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NO
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LIGHT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cigarette lighter (= something that produces a flame for lighting cigarettes ) ▪ …
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HAVE
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GOOD
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GO
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GIVE
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GET
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DOWN — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird swoops down (= it suddenly flies down ) ▪ The bird swoops …
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COME
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JUDITH — n. Legendary Jewish heroine, the central character in the Book of Judith in the Apocrypha . (The book is excluded …
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ASSYRIA — n. Ancient empire, southwestern Asia. It grew from a small region around Ashur (in northern Iraq) to encompass an area …
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PHILISTINES — (immigrants), The origin of the Philistines is nowhere expressly stated in the Bible; but as the prophets describe them as …
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NINEVEH — (abode of Ninus), the capital of the ancient kingdom and empire of Assyria. The name appears to be compounded from …
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ASSYRIA, ASSHUR — was a great and powerful country lying on the Tigris, (Genesis 2:14) the capital of which was Nineveh. (Genesis 10:11) …
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