Mosul
/ˈməʊsəl/ name
name ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 The capital city of the Nineveh governorate, Iraq.
- 2 A former province of the Ottoman Empire with its capital at Mosul. historical
Antonyms
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More examples"Daesh controlled Mosul for three years."
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish موصل (mosul) , from Arabic الْمَوْصِل (al-mawṣil).