Type Region
Scripts Ἀσσυρία(Ancient Greek)

Meaning & History

From Greek Ἀσσυρία (Assyria), derived from Akkadian Ashurayu, itself from the name of the empire's capital city Ashur. This was the name of an ancient Mesopotamian kingdom and empire.

Related Names

VariantSyria(Ancient Greek)
Other Languages & CulturesSirië(Afrikaans) Ashur, Ashurayu(Akkadian) Siria(Albanian) Ashur, Suriya(Arabic) Siria(Armenian) Sirija(Bosnian) Sirija(Croatian) Syrien(Danish) Syrië(Dutch) Syyria(Finnish) Assyrie, Syrie(French) Siria(Georgian) Syrien(German) Syria(Greek) Suryah(Hebrew) Assiria, Siria(Italian) Siria(Korean) Sīrija(Latvian) Sirija(Lithuanian) Sirija(Macedonian) Syria(Norwegian) Ashur(Persian) Syria(Polish) Sirija(Serbian) Sirija(Slovene) Siria(Spanish) Syrien(Swedish) Suriya(Tajik) Siria(Thai) Suriye(Turkish) Suriya(Uzbek)
Entry updated May 29, 2020