The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Assur \Assur\ n. 1. an ancient Assyrian city. [WordNet 1.5]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Assur n 1: an ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria; just to the south of the modern city of Mosul in Iraq [syn: Assur, Asur, Ashur]Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's):
Assur, same as Ashur