Mosul
[moh-sool]
- a city in N Iraq, on the Tigris, opposite the ruins of Nineveh.
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Examples from the Web for mosul
Contemporary Examples
Indeed, some of those troops who ran away from defending Mosul were already American-trained.
Pentagon Insider on New Plan to Fight ISIS: ‘Of Course It’s Not Enough’Nancy A. Youssef
January 6, 2015
In Mosul, foreign fighters have left, the city is flooded with refugees and supply routes are cut off.
In the city of Mosul itself it seems as though ISIS is at a loss.
The irony did not escape one local, Laith Hathim, as he stood and watched the newly minted refugees make their way into Mosul.
What the people of Mosul now fear most is aerial bombardment of their own city.
Historical Examples
I have already mentioned the death of the Pashas of Mosul and Merdin.
Journal of a Residence at BagdadAnthony Groves
I will first describe the results of the excavations in the ruins opposite Mosul.
Museum of AntiquityL. W. Yaggy
Army Corps, which garrisons also the Basra and Mosul vilayets.
At Mosul the sword was stayed; we cannot conceive for what reason.
The Cradle of MankindW.A. Wigram
That is quite beyond our power, we fear, said we, you must take that to the hospital in Mosul.
The Cradle of MankindW.A. Wigram
Mosul
- 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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Word Origin and History for mosul
Mosul
city in northern Iraq, from Arabic al-Mawsul, literally "the joined," a reference to the bridge and ford over the Tigris here.
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