Mosul

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The capital city of the Nineveh governorate, Iraq.
  2. A former province of the Ottoman Empire with its capital at Mosul.

Pronunciation

/ˈməʊsəl/

Word forms

Mosul

Etymology

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

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