Nineveh

English Etymology From en ang Niniuea (under influence from en hbo נִינְוֵה nīnəwē), from en la Nīnevē, from en grc Νινευή, ultimately from en akk 𒌷𒉌𒉡𒀀 𒀏 Ninua or en akk-obb 𒌷𒉌𒉡𒀀 Ninuwā of uncertain origin, but is clearly a variation of akk 𒀏 ninâ fish.Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. "Ninevite, n. and adj." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2013. The cuneiform seems to denote "House of Fish", although whether this referred to literal fish, an aspect of Ishtar, a separate Hurrian goddess, or something else entirely is unclear."Nineveh" in the Encyclopaedia Judaica. The traditional folk etymology in classical antiquity derived it from an eponymous founder Ninus (Greek: grc Νίνος). Pronunciation en /ˈnɪnɪvə/ /ˈnɪnəvə/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Knabrupt-Nineveh.wav General American Proper noun en Q5680en historical en capital of ancient c/Assyria, now Mosul, Iraq. en Q189352en governorate in Northern c/Iraq. Synonyms en Mosul present settlement Translations ancient capital of Assyria Mosul Arabic: ar نِينَوَى, ar نَيْنَوَى Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: syc ܢܝܢܘܐ nīnwē Armenian: hy Նինվե Burmese: my နိနဝေမြို့ Catalan: ca Nínive f Cherokee: chr ᏂᏂᏫ Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 尼尼微 Níníwēi, Níníwéi Danish: da Nineve Finnish: fi Ninive French: fr Ninive f Georgian: ka ნინევია German: de Ninive Greek: el Νινευή f Ancient Greek: grc Νινευή f, grc Νινειΐ f Hebrew: he נִינְוֵה f nin'vé Hindi: hi नीनवा Irish: ga Ninivé f Italian: it Ninive f Japanese: ja ニネヴェ Nineve Kazakh: kk Ниневи Korean: ko ^니네베 Latin: la Nīnevē f, la Nīnivē f Macedonian: mk Нини́ва f Marathi: mr निनेव्हे Nicobarese: Car Nicobarese: caq Ninevē Odia: or ନିନେଭାହ Persian: fa نینوا Neynavâ Polish: pl Niniwa f Portuguese: pt Nínive f Russian: ru Ниневия f Spanish: es Nínive f Thai: th นิเนเวห์ Turkish: tr Ninova Ottoman Turkish: ota نینوه Ninova References en Assyria