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The original meaning of the name is unclear but may have referred to a patron goddess. The city was said to be devoted to "the goddess Inanna of Nineveh" and Nina was one of the Sumerian and Assyrian names for that goddess. The Assyrian cuneiform for Ninâ (𒀏) is a fish within a house (cf. Aramaic nuna, "fish").
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the ancient capital of Assyria: its ruins are opposite Mosul, on the Tigris River, in N Iraq.
The native name appears as Ninua or Nina (Ninaa), written with the character for "water enclosure" with that for "fish" inside, implying a connection between ...
Nineveh in British English​​ (ˈnɪnɪvə ) noun. the ancient capital of Assyria, on the River Tigris opposite the present-day city of Mosul (N Iraq): at its height ...
Meaning: Unclear but perhaps: Ninus' Place, Fish Place, Offspring's Habitation or Strong Propagation Of The Seat Of Government.
Nineveh (modern-day Mosul, Iraq) was one of the oldest and greatest cities in antiquity. It was originally known as Ninua, a trade center, and would become ...
NINEVEH [SMITH]. (abode of Ninus), the capital of the ancient kingdom and empire of Assyria. The name appears to be compounded from that of an Assyrian deity ...
Jonah's condemnation of Nineveh symbolizes the unwise use that one sometimes makes of one's power of discernment. Jonah foresaw the coming effects of living ...
The ideogram means "house or place of fish," and was perhaps due to popular etymology (comp. Aramaic "nuna," denoting "fish"). Nineveh was the most famous ...
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