Mosul

American

[moh-sool] / moʊˈsul /

noun

a city in N Iraq, on the Tigris, opposite the ruins of Nineveh.

Mosul British

/ ˈməʊsəl /

noun

a city in N Iraq, on the River Tigris opposite the ruins of Nineveh: an important commercial centre with nearby Ayn Zalah oilfield; university. Pop: 1 236 000 (2005 est)

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I can more easily relate to a movie that takes place on Mars than in Mosul.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

More than 100 classrooms were renovated in Mosul.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2025

A U.S.-spearheaded military coalition freed Iraq’s second-largest city, Mosul, from the group’s grip in 2017, and pursued its remnants into eastern Syria.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2025

Correction, Jan. 10, 2023: This article originally misidentified the location of Mosul as Syria.

From Slate • Jan. 10, 2024

Many of the fabrics that we know of today came to Europe via the Muslims, and their names still show their origins: damask from Damascus, muslin from Mosul, gauzes from Gaza.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson

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