Nineveh
noun
the ancient capital of Assyria: its ruins are opposite Mosul, on the Tigris River, in N Iraq.
Ninevitish
-
a word derived from
Nineveh.
Example Sentences
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Well did Berlioz term his work "Babylonian and Ninevitish"!
From Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Paul Rosenfeld
For all its "Babylonian and Ninevitish" bulk, it is full of the Latin calm, the Latin repose, the Latin resignation.
From Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Paul Rosenfeld
Come, old Assyria, with the Ninevitish dove upon thy emerald crown!
From Eighth Reader by James Baldwin
Had it been complete it would have included the largest hall ever provided by an Assyrian architect for the pomps of the Ninevitish court.
From A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 by Sir Walter Armstrong
