Assuwa

English

Etymology

Transliteration of Hittite 𒀸𒋗𒉿 (aš-šu-wa /⁠Aššuwa⁠/). Possibly a doublet of Asia.

Proper noun

Assuwa

  1. An ancient confederation in Anatolia.
    • 2018 March 1, Mariacarmela Montesanto, “Fall of Troy: the legend and the facts”, in The Conversation‎:
      The city of Troy was part of a small independent confederation named Assuwa that tried to resist the Hittite expansion but which eventually yielded and became a sort of vassal state to the Hittite empire.

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