Mosul

[ moh-sool ]

noun

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

Mosul

/ ˈməʊsəl /

noun

1. 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)

Example Sentences

Indeed, some of those troops who ran away from defending Mosul were already American-trained.

From The Daily Beast

In Mosul, foreign fighters have left, the city is flooded with refugees and supply routes are cut off.

From The Daily Beast

In the city of Mosul itself it seems as though ISIS is at a loss.

From The Daily Beast

The irony did not escape one local, Laith Hathim, as he stood and watched the newly minted refugees make their way into Mosul.

From The Daily Beast

What the people of Mosul now fear most is aerial bombardment of their own city.

From The Daily Beast

On the eastern fluttered gauzy veils, feathery fans, blazing brocade of Mosul, and kerchiefs of Kufa.

From Project Gutenberg

And with that the two left the white court and returned to the liwan, where the Prince of Mosul awaited them.

From Project Gutenberg

Splendid he was, in his jewelled turban, golden belt, and dress of izar—the gold-embroidered cloth of Mosul.

From Project Gutenberg

The bridge of boats at Mosul is civic property; and is hired out annually to anyone who will farm it, for a very substantial sum.

From Project Gutenberg

Aziz and Yukhanan were Syrians who had come down from their mountain villages to await our arrival at Mosul.

From Project Gutenberg