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Assyriology

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The study of the ancient Assyrian language and culture.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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noun

Meaning 2

archeology of the ancient Assyrians

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: archeology, archaeology

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19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ասուրագիտություն (asuragitutʻyun) — study of the Assyrian language and culture
  • Catalan: assiriologia — study of the Assyrian language and culture
  • Chinese Mandarin: 亞述學 /亚述学 — study of the Assyrian language and culture
  • Czech: asyriologie — study of the Assyrian language and culture
  • Finnish: assyriologia — study of the Assyrian language and culture
  • French: assyriologie — study of the Assyrian language and culture
  • Galician: asirioloxía — study of the Assyrian language and culture
  • German: Assyriologie — study of the Assyrian language and culture
  • Greek: ασσυριολογία (assyriología) — study of the Assyrian language and culture
  • Hungarian: assziriológia — study of the Assyrian language and culture
  • Indonesian: asiriologi — study of the Assyrian language and culture
  • Italian: assiriologia — study of the Assyrian language and culture
  • Japanese: アッシリア学 (Assiriagaku) — study of the Assyrian language and culture
  • Kazakh: ассириятану (assiriätanu) — study of the Assyrian language and culture
  • Khmer: អាសេរីវិទ្យា (ʔaaseeriivityie) — study of the Assyrian language and culture
  • Korean: 아시리아학 (asiriahak) — study of the Assyrian language and culture
  • Portuguese: assiriologia — study of the Assyrian language and culture
  • Serbo-Croatian: asirologija — study of the Assyrian language and culture
  • Spanish: asiriología — study of the Assyrian language and culture