nineveh

English Thesaurus

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 (noun.location)

instance hypernym	:	city, metropolis, urban center,
definition	:	a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts (noun.location)

part meronym	:	al-iraq, irak, iraq, republic of iraq,
definition	:	a republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq (noun.location)

part meronym	:	assyria,
definition	:	an ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia which is in present-day Iraq (noun.location)