English Explanatory Dictionary

Asuristan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. an important Sassanian province in Late Antiquity, corresponding to the Mesopotamia region

Word forms

Asuristan Asurestan Assuristan Asorestan Asoristan

Etymology

From Middle Persian ʾswlstʾn' / 𐭠𐭮𐭥𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭭 (ʾsʿʿstn /⁠Asōrestān⁠/), from the Aramaic name of the Assyrians.

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