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Assyrian 1. an inhabitant of ancient Assyria 2. a modern-day descendant of the ancient Assyrians 3. a. the language of the ancient Assyrians, belonging to the E Semitic subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic family and regarded as a dialect of Akkadian b. a dialect of Aramaic, spoken by modern Assyrians How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| ``Is he not Isaac of York, rich enough to redeem the captivity of the ten tribes of Israel, who were led into Assyrian bondage? It may well be conceived, what an unsavory odor such a mass must exhale; worse than an Assyrian city in the plague, when the living are incompetent to bury the departed. "The Boy Stood on the Burning Deck" followed; also "The Assyrian Came Down," and other declama- tory gems. |
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