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Ashur

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Noun

1. ashir, ashur

chief god of the Assyrians; god of military prowess and empire; identified with Babylonian Anshar

2. ashur, assur, asur

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

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Ashur

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noun
a variant spelling of Assur

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Ashur

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noun
Mythology
the chief deity, god of war and empire
1. 
ancient Sumerian city on the upper Tigris River in what is now N Iraq: the original capital of Assyria
2.  Originally
Assyria

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Ashur

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n.
Mythology
The principal Assyrian deity.

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