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
It resisted for a long time, till Semiramis ascended the citadel, and Ninus was enabled to take possession of the treasures of gold and silver which were in Bactra.
From The History of Antiquity Vol. V. by Duncker, Max
The narrowness of the passes which protect the entrance to Bactria compelled Ninus to divide his army.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI) by Duncker, Max
The metropolis of the Assyrians was known to the Greeks as Ninus; in the inscriptions of the Assyrian kings it is called Ninua.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI) by Duncker, Max
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