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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Asur
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]