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

3 senses of assyrian

Sense 1
Assyrian -- (an inhabitant of ancient Assyria)
       => Semite -- (a member of a group of Semitic-speaking peoples of the Middle East and northern Africa)

Sense 2
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, Assyrian -- (the language of modern Iraq)
       => Aramaic -- (a Semitic language originally of the ancient Arameans but still spoken by other people in southwestern Asia)

Sense 3
Assyrian Akkadian, Assyrian -- (an extinct language of the Assyrians in ancient Mesopotamia)
       => Akkadian -- (an ancient branch of the Semitic languages)