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MOSUL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Mosul mean?
• MOSUL (noun)
The noun MOSUL has 1 sense:
1. a city in northern Iraq on the Tigris across from the ruins of Nineveh
Familiarity information: MOSUL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A city in northern Iraq on the Tigris across from the ruins of Nineveh
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Mosul" is a part of...):
Al-Iraq; Irak; Iraq; Republic of Iraq (a republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq)
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