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Where does “Ἀσσυρία” come from?

Ἀσσυρία (Ancient Greek) comes from Akkadian Aššūrāyu, from Akkadian Aššūr.

Ancestry of “Ἀσσυρία”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AkkadianAššūrāyu—
2AkkadianAššūr—

Words derived from “Ἀσσυρία”

  • Assyria
  • Assyria
  • assiriologo
  • assiriologico
  • Assiria
  • assiriologia
  • assiriologista
  • assiriologia
  • assiriólogo
  • Assíria
  • assiriológico
  • Asiria
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