Nineveh
US'nınəvə
معنی فارسی
نينوا
معنی کامل و مثالها
/nin´ǝ vǝ/
● شهر باستانی نینوا (پایتخت کشور آشور- در عراق امروزی)
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From Akkadian 'ninua', ultimately from Sumerian 'NIN.NU.A' meaning 'the place of the fish'.
مثال
- Nineveh was the largest city in the world for some fifty years.
- The ruins of Nineveh are an important archaeological site.
- The prophet Jonah was sent to Nineveh to deliver a message.
تعریف انگلیسی
noun
- 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