Definitions for nineveh
ˈnɪn ə vənin·eveh

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. Ninevehnoun

   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

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1. Ninevehnoun

   The ancient capital of Assyria.

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1. Nineveh

   Nineveh (; Akkadian:

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1. Nineveh

   Nineveh was an ancient Assyrian city on the eastern bank of the Tigris River, and capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. It was the largest city in the world for some fifty years until it was sacked by an unusual coalition of Medes, Persians, Babylonians, Scythians and Cimmerians in 612 BC. Its ruins are across the river from the modern-day major city of Mosul, in the Ninawa Governorate of Iraq.

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1. Nineveh

   an exceeding great city, capital of ancient Assyria, which stood on the left bank of the Tigris, opposite the modern town of Mosul, said to have been included within a wall 60 m. long, 100 ft. high, the breadth of three chariots in width, and defended by 1500 towers each 200 ft. in height.

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1. nineveh

   The greatest city in Assyria and for some time the capital of the country, was situated on the eastern bank of the Tigris at its junction with the stream of the Khosr. The walls of Nineveh are described as about 55 miles in circumference, 100 feet high, and thick enough to allow three chariots to pass each other on them; with 1500 towers, 200 feet in height. The city is said to have been entirely destroyed by fire, when it was taken by the Medes and Babylonians, about 606 B.C.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of nineveh in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of nineveh in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of nineveh in a Sentence

1. Robert Nicholson:

   The biggest problem right now is the status of the Nineveh Plain as a disputed territory between the Iraqi Central Government and the regional government of Kurdistan.

2. Many Christians:

   This is the biggest problem, just from Telskuf, 670 families are now in other countries. The only solution is liberating Nineveh.

3. Renad Mansour:

   Prime Minister Abadi's the favorite to win, and Prime Minister Abadi's trying to pursue this Iraq-wide strategy, prime Minister Abadi came to the Kurdistan region and Prime Minister Abadi came to Sunni areas in Nineveh and Anbar and now Prime Minister Abadi's in the south, Prime Minister Abadi's trying to cover the whole country.

4. World Monuments Fund:

   The palaces of Sennacherib at Nineveh and Ashurnasirpal II at Nimrud are vestiges of the political, cultural and artistic height of the Assyrian Empire. The remains of these palaces, the only Assyrian palaces left preserved and decorated with reliefs, are now protected against vandals and function as site museums where visitors can appreciate ancient wall reliefs in their original setting.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=nineveh
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Nineveh
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineveh
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=nineveh
5. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Nineveh
6. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html