ashur

Noun ashur has 2 senses

• ashur(n = noun.person) ashir - chief god of the Assyrians; god of military prowess and empire; identified with Babylonian Anshar; Array
is a kind of semitic deity

• ashur(n = noun.location) assur, asur - an ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria; just to the south of the modern city of Mosul in Iraq; Array
is a kind of city, metropolis, urban center
is a part of al-iraq, irak, iraq, republic of iraq, assyria