Nineveh

[ nin-uh-vuh ]

/ ˈnɪn ə və /

noun

the ancient capital of Assyria: its ruins are opposite Mosul, on the Tigris River, in N Iraq.

Related forms

Nin·e·vite

[nin-uh-vahyt] /ˈnɪn əˌvaɪt/, nounNin·e·vit·i·cal

[nin-uh-vit-i-kuh l] /ˌnɪn əˈvɪt ɪ kəl/, adjectiveNin·e·vit·ish

[nin-uh-vahy-tish] /ˈnɪn əˌvaɪ tɪʃ/, adjective

Definition for nineveh (2 of 2)

Assyria

[ uh-seer-ee-uh ]

/ əˈsɪər i ə /

noun

an ancient empire in SW Asia: greatest extent from about 750 to 612 b.c. Capital: Nineveh.

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Examples from the Web for nineveh

Last month, a new marauder descended on Nineveh and the nearby city of Mosul.
ISIS Is About to Destroy Biblical History in Iraq|Christopher Dickey|July 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And the U.S. is implicated too, as Al Gharawi assumed command in Nineveh before the U.S. withdrew from Iraq.
The Monster of Mosul: How a Sadistic General Helped ISIS Win|Andrew Slater|June 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The town of Mosul is mentioned in the Bible, where it is known as Nineveh.
Hillary's Troubling Silence|Reza Aslan|November 13, 2010|DAILY BEAST
There was very high turnout in their provinces of Anbar, Nineveh, and Salahuddin.
Paul Bremer's Victory Lap|Tunku Varadarajan|March 29, 2010|DAILY BEAST

Mr. Layard impressed me as more taken up with concerns of Nineveh and Wardour Street than of la haute politique.
Romantic Spain|John Augustus O'Shea
Ninus, the supposed founder of Nineveh, was the husband of Semiramis.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 3 (of 7)|Geoffrey Chaucer
One volume that he read from cover to cover before he was eight years old was Layard's "Nineveh."
Bert Lloyd's Boyhood|J. McDonald Oxley
Of a statue of Istar, in her old temple at Nineveh, we have at the least the head.
The History of Antiquity, Vol. III (of VI)|Max Duncker
In the vicinity there were no quarries of alabaster, or of limestone, such as existed near Nineveh.
Museum of Antiquity|L. W. Yaggy

British Dictionary definitions for nineveh (1 of 2)

Nineveh

/ (ˈnɪnɪvə) /

noun

the ancient capital of Assyria, on the River Tigris opposite the present-day city of Mosul (N Iraq): at its height in the 8th and 7th centuries bc; destroyed in 612 bc by the Medes and Babylonians

British Dictionary definitions for nineveh (2 of 2)

Assyria

/ (əˈsɪrɪə) /

noun

an ancient kingdom of N Mesopotamia: it established an empire that stretched from Egypt to the Persian Gulf, reaching its greatest extent between 721 and 633 bc . Its chief cities were Assur and Nineveh

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