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ALL meanings of nineveh

Nin·e·veh
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  • noun nineveh an ancient empire in SW Asia: greatest extent from about 750 to 612 b.c. Capital: Nineveh. 1
  • noun nineveh 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 0
  • noun nineveh capital of ancient Assyria, on the Tigris: ruins opposite modern Mosul in N Iraq 0
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