What is the meaning of Ashur?

noun

  • Chief god of the Assyrians; god of military prowess and empire; identified with Babylonian Anshar.
  • 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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