Mosul

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Mosul

/ˈməʊsəl/

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish موصل (mosul) , from Arabic الْمَوْصِل (al-mawṣil).

proper noun

The capital city of the Nineveh governorate, Iraq. 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
Similar: Nineveh
historical A former province of the Ottoman Empire with its capital at Mosul.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: baghdad, city, conductor, mousel, bartella, nineveh, basra, najaf, nimrud, ramadi, nippur, assur, kirkuk, nasiriyah, tikrit, nisibis

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name city

Español	Mosul
한국어	모술 mosul
日本語	モスル Mosuru
中文	摩蘇爾 /摩苏尔 Mósū'ěr
हिन्दी	मूसल mūsal
Português	Mossul, Mosul
Français	Mossoul
Deutsch	Mossul, Mosul
Italiano	Mossul
Ελληνικά	Μοσούλη Mosoúli
Русский	Мосу́л Mosúl
العربية	الْمَوْصِل al-mawṣil
עברית	מוסול

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@misc{mosul_2026,
  title = {Mosul},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mosul},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}