# Assyrian

> English word · Noun · IPA /əˈsiɹi.ɪn/ · frequency rank #30,321

## Definitions
1. A person who resided in the ancient region on the Upper Tigris river, with capital city of Assur.
2. A citizen of an ancient nation and empire, including the northern half of Mesopotamia, with capital city of Nineveh.
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. A butterfly of the genus Terinos.

## Etymology
Assyria + -n

## Easily confused with
- **Austrian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/assyrian-vs-austrian)
- **Assyria** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/assyria-vs-assyrian)

## Common misspellings (10)
`assryian`, `assyiran`, `assyrain`, `assyriann`, `assyrina`, `assyrrian`, `assyyrian`, `asyrian`, `asysrian`, `sasyrian`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/assyrian