Noun: Nineveh ni-nu-vu
- 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
Type of: city, metropolis, urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn]
Part of: Al-Iraq, Assyria, Irak, Iraq, Republic of Iraq
Encyclopedia: Nineveh, Pennsylvania