Assyria | Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Assyria
ASSY´RIA(ἡ Ἀσσυριά, Hdt. 2.17, 4.39: Ptol. 6.1.1; Steph. B.; Arrian, Anab. 7.21: Assyria, Tac. Ann. ...

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
Assyria
Assyrĭa, ae, f., = Ἀσσυρία, I a country of Asia , between Media , Mesopotamia , and Babylonia , n...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
Assyria
The name derived from the city Asshur on the Tigris, the original capital of the country, was origin...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Assyria, Asshur
was a great and powerful country lying on the Tigris, (Genesis 2:14) the capital of which was Nineve...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary