Ninus
Americannoun
noun
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Ninus Hopkins worked as a Solid Ground paratransit driver for more than three decades.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 7, 2022
They agreed to meet at a well-known place, the Tomb of Ninus, under a tree there, a tall mulberry full of snow-white berries, near which a cool spring bubbled up.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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From this the name of Ninus, the founder of the empire, as well as Ninyas, is obviously taken.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI) by Max Duncker
The Medo-Persian epos told us that Ninus of Asshur, after subjugating Babylonia and Armenia, attacked the Medes.
From The History of Antiquity Vol. V. by Max Duncker
The first of whom any memorial is retained, and who performed great deeds, was Ninus, the king of the Assyrians.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI) by Max Duncker
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