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Meaning of Assyrian | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
əˈsiɹi.ɪn

Definitions

  1. A person who resided in the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river, with capital city of Assur.
  2. Any Syriac language spoken by Assyrian peoples, particularly Assyrian Neo-Aramaic.
  3. A citizen of an ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia, with capital city of Nineveh.
  4. A dialect of Akkadian spoken in ancient Assyria.
  5. A person from a traditional Christian ethnic group with roots in the Middle East, who claim ancestry tracing back to the ancient Assyrians.
  6. A butterfly of the genus Terinos.

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Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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