In comparison, Colombia is made up of 48 million Spanish speakers and Spain only has 46 million. The report also found that there are now around 559 million Spanish speakers worldwide. About 470 million of those people are native speakers.
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word Assyria. Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Assyria(noun) an ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia which is in present-day Iraq. Assyria. Assyria, was a Semitic Akkadian kingdom, existing as a nation state from the late 25th or earlyâ24th century BC until 605 BC. Assyria was centered on the Upper Tigris river, in northern Mesopotamia. The Assyrians came to rule powerful empires a number of times through history.
Ancient Assyria was the principal enemy of the northern House of Israelâultimately destroying Samaria and taking the Israelites captive. As Assyriaâs modern-day counterpart, Germany has been a thorn in the sides of both America and Britainâin two world wars. Today, Germany is again on the rise and is rapidly emerging as a dominant player on the world scene.