Mosul
The capital city of the Nineveh governorate, Iraq.
Proper noun
- The capital city of the Nineveh governorate, Iraq.
- New video released by ISIS shows militants smashing what they say are antiquities at a museum in Mosul, Iraq. […] “Mosul Museum has 173 original pieces, and there were preparations to reopen the Mosul Museum before ISIS...
Synonyms: Nineveh
- A former province of the Ottoman Empire with its capital at Mosul.
Origin
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish موصل (mosul) , from Arabic الْمَوْصِل (al-mawṣil).