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Ninawa

Ninawa is the alternative form of Nineveh.

Meaning of Nineveh

Proper noun

Nineveh

  1. (historical) The capital of ancient Assyria, now Mosul, Iraq.
  2. A governorate in Northern Iraq.

Questions about Ninawa

What is Ninawa the alternative form of?
Ninawa is the alternative form of Nineveh.

Words near Ninawa in the dictionary

  1. Ninan
  2. ninang
  3. ninangs
  4. Ninans
  5. ninas
  6. Ninawa
  7. nincom
  8. nincompoop
  9. nincompooperies
  10. nincompoopery
  11. nincompoopish

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Ninawa (page history and authors); Nineveh (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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