- Ashur, Ashir - chief god of the Assyrians; god of military prowess and empire; identified with Babylonian Anshar
--1 is a kind of Semitic deity
- Assur, Asur, Ashur - an ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria; just south of the modern city of Mosul in Iraq
--2 is a kind of city, metropolis, urban center
--2 is a part of Assyria; Iraq, Republic of Iraq, Al-Iraq, Irak