Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun assur

1 sense of assur

Sense 1
Assur, Asur, Ashur -- (an ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria; just to the south of the modern city of Mosul in Iraq)
       INSTANCE OF=> city, metropolis, urban center -- (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts; "Ancient Troy was a great city")