NINEVEH
Dictionary entry overview: What does Nineveh mean? • NINEVEH (noun)
The noun NINEVEH has 1 sense:
1. an ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris across from the modern city of Mosul in the northern part of what is now known as Iraq
Familiarity information: NINEVEH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• NINEVEH (noun)
Meaning:
An ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris across from the modern city of Mosul in the northern part of what is now known as Iraq
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Nineveh" is a part of...):
Al-Iraq; Irak; Iraq; Republic of Iraq (a republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq)
Assyria (an ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia which is in present-day Iraq)
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