Ninus

[ nahy-nuhs ]

noun

1. the legendary husband of Semiramis and founder of Nineveh.

Ninus

/ ˈnaɪnəs /

noun

1. NinusMAssyrianPOLITICS: hereditary rulerMISC: legendary founder of Nineveh NinusMAssyrianPOLITICS: hereditary rulerMISC: legendary founder of Nineveh a king of Assyria and the legendary founder of Nineveh, husband of Semiramis

Example Sentences

Ninus Hopkins worked as a Solid Ground paratransit driver for more than three decades.

From Seattle Times

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 Literature

On the right of the throne were Alcæus, son of the hero and of Omphale; Ninus, Belus, Argon, the earlier kings of the dynasty of the Heracleidæ, then all the line of intermediate kings, terminating with Ardys, Alyattes, Meles or Myrsus, father of Candaules, and finally Candaules himself.

From Project Gutenberg

The history of antiquity, according to it, begins with Ninus.

From Project Gutenberg

From the first year of Ninus’ reign until the rebuilding of Babylon by Semiramis there were sixty-four years; the same between the first of Procas and the building of Rome.

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