nineveh

1. 1.

   an ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris across from the modern city of Mosul in the northern part of what is now known as Iraq

   Broadercity

   Part ofAssyriaIraq

Other forms of nineveh

plural

ninevehs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about nineveh

What does nineveh mean?

nineveh means "an ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris across from the modern city of Mosul in the northern part of what is now known as Iraq".

How many syllables are in nineveh?

nineveh has 3 syllables: nin-e-veh. The stress falls on "nin". In IPA it is /ˈnɪnəvə/.

Is nineveh a common word?

nineveh is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.