Ashur

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Ashur
       n 1: chief god of the Assyrians; god of military prowess and
            empire; identified with Babylonian Anshar [syn: {Ashir}]
       2: an ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris and traditional
          capital of Assyria; just south of the modern city of Mosul
          in Iraq [syn: {Assur}, {Asur}]



From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Ashur, who is happy; or walks; or looks