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Mosul

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See also: moșul

English

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Map of Mosul, Iraq
Mosul Eyalet (1609)
Mosul Eyalet (1795)
Mosul Vilayet (1900)

Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish موصل (mosul) (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?), from Arabic الْمَوْصِل (al-mawṣil).

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Mosul

  2. The capital city of the Nineveh governorate, Iraq.
    Synonym: (historical) Nineveh
    • 2015 February 26, Ben Wedeman, Dana Ford, “Video shows ISIS militants destroying antiquities in Iraq”, in CNN‎[1], archived from the original on 1 February 2023:
      New video released by ISIS shows militants smashing what they say are antiquities at a museum in Mosul, Iraq. […] “Mosul Museum has 173 original pieces, and there were preparations to reopen the Mosul Museum before ISIS invaded the city in June 2014,” Rashid said.
      He added that Mosul has more than 1,700 historical sites that are potentially at risk.
  3. (historical) A former province of the Ottoman Empire with its capital at Mosul.

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /moˈsul/ [moˈsul]
  • Rhymes: -ul
  • Syllabification: Mo‧sul

Proper noun

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Mosul ?

  1. Mosul (the capital city of the Nineveh governorate, Iraq)
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