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Definition of Mosul

1. Noun. A city in northern Iraq on the Tigris across from the ruins of Nineveh.

Definition of Mosul

1. Proper noun. A city in northern Iraq; capital of Nineveh province. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mosul

Literary usage of Mosul

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Cyclopedia of Missions: Containing a Comprehensive View of Missionary by Harvey Newcomb (1860)
"The War on the west side of. the mountains bring ended, Mr. Hinsdale left Mosul the last of September, and arrived at Ashita in ton days, ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Mosul, therefore, has a somewhat isolated position, and this perhaps is one ... Mosul, an important town in Mesopotamia, on the right bank of the Tigris, ..."

3. The New York Times Current History (1919)
"At the same time the light armored cars, moving round the right rear of the enemy, cut the telegraph line to Mosul, thus isolating the Tigris force from the ..."

4. A History of Babylonia and Assyria by Robert William Rogers (1900)
"miles north.northeast from Mosul, was another mound with a village called Khorsabad. Other lesser mounds were either in sight or were known from the ..."

5. Art Panels from the Hand Looms of the Far Orient as Seen by a Native Rug by Garabed Thomas Pushman (1905)
"Mosul It may seem strange to our readers that Mosul rugs should be classified as Persian products, while the town of Mosul is situated in Asiatic Turkey, ..."

6. Nineveh and Its Remains: With an Account of a Visit to the Chaldæan by Austen Henry Layard (1850)
"INVITATION TO THE FEAST OF THE YEZIDIS DEPARTURE FROM Mosul. ... RETURN TO Mosul. A FEW days after my return to Mosul from the ..."

7. Annual Report by American Tract Society (1854)
"... 923 to Sidon, 242 to Tripoli, 313 to Aleppo, 76 to Mosul, 71 to Damascus, and also 306 to Bombay, where they are called for by Mohammedan readers, ..."

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