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Nineveh

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Noun

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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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Nineveh

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noun
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

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Nineveh

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capital of ancient Assyria, on the Tigris: ruins opposite modern Mosul in N Iraq

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Nineveh

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An ancient city of Assyria on the Tigris River opposite the site of present-day Mosul, Iraq. As capital of the Assyrian Empire, it enjoyed great influence and prosperity, especially under Sennacherib and Ashurbanipal (seventh century BC). The city was captured and destroyed by Babylonia and its allies in 612 BC.

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