Assyrien

== German == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Assyria, from Ancient Greek Ἀσσυρία (Assuría), from Akkadian 𒀸𒋗𒁺𐎹 (Aššūrāyu). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈsyːʁiən/ Hyphenation: As‧sy‧ri‧en === Proper noun === Assyrien n (proper noun, genitive Assyriens or (optionally with an article) Assyrien) (historical) Assyria (an ancient Semitic Akkadian kingdom and at times an empire, extant from the mid-23rd century BCE to 608 BCE and centred on the Upper Tigris river in northern Mesopotamia (present day northern Iraq, but at its maximum extent including parts of modern Iran, Syria, Israel, Palestine and Egypt)) 1912, Martin Luther (d. 1546) and others, Lutherbibel von 1912, Isaiah 10:12 (with KJV translation) === Further reading === “Assyrien” in Duden online