Nineveh

[ nin-uh-vuh ]

noun

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

Nineveh

/ ˈnɪnɪvə /

noun

1. 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

Other Words From

• Nin·e·vite [nin, -, uh, -vahyt], noun
• Nin·e·vit·i·cal [nin-, uh, -, vit, -i-k, uh, l], adjective
• Nin·e·vit·ish [nin, -, uh, -vahy-tish], adjective

Example Sentences

Last month, a new marauder descended on Nineveh and the nearby city of Mosul.

From The Daily Beast

And the U.S. is implicated too, as Al Gharawi assumed command in Nineveh before the U.S. withdrew from Iraq.

From The Daily Beast

The town of Mosul is mentioned in the Bible, where it is known as Nineveh.

From The Daily Beast

There was very high turnout in their provinces of Anbar, Nineveh, and Salahuddin.

From The Daily Beast

Of all these graven images existed, carved by men's hands,--some in the form of animals, like the winged bulls of Nineveh.

From Project Gutenberg

The men of Nineveh believed in God's mercy, and though the decree had been pronounced against them, yet they repented.

From Project Gutenberg

They repented not until Jonah proclaimed to them, "Yet forty days more, and Nineveh shall be overthrown."

From Project Gutenberg

Assur, it would seem, was a shrine long before Assyria went out of Babylon and builded Nineveh.

From Project Gutenberg

For there are still sacred trees in this country—as there were in the days when the bas-reliefs of Nineveh were carved.

From Project Gutenberg