Assyrian

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   A person who resided in the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river, with capital city of Assur.
2. 2
   A citizen of an ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia, with capital city of Nineveh.
3. 3
   A person from a traditional Christian ethnic group with roots in the Middle East, who claim ancestry tracing back to the ancient Assyrians.
4. 4
   A butterfly of the genus Terinos.

Adjective

1. 1
   Of or pertaining to the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river, with capital city of Assur.
2. 2
   Of, or characteristic of, or pertaining to the ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia, with capital city of Nineveh.
3. 3
   Of or pertaining to the Assyrian people.

Proper noun

1. 1
   Any Syriac language spoken by Assyrian peoples, particularly Assyrian Neo-Aramaic.
2. 2
   A dialect of Akkadian spoken in ancient Assyria.