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Noun: Nineveh  ni-nu-vu
  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

Type of: city, metropolis, urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: Al-Iraq, Assyria, Irak, Iraq, Republic of Iraq

Encyclopedia: Nineveh, Pennsylvania