Mosul

M3O1S1U1L1
/ˈməʊsəl/

proper noun

The capital city of the Nineveh governorate, Iraq.

Similar
Nineveh
OriginOttoman Turkish موصل ← Arabic الْمَوْصِل →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. The capital city of the Nineveh governorate, Iraq.
    1 more example

    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 1,700 historical sites that are potentially at risk.

    2015 February 26, Ben Wedeman, Dana Ford, “Video shows ISIS militants destroying antiquities in Iraq”, in CNN, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2023

    Synonyms: Nineveh

  2. historicalA former province of the Ottoman Empire with its capital at Mosul.

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounThe capital city of the Nineveh governorate, Iraq.

Similar
Nineveh
Also see
nineveh

Origin

  1. Arabicالْمَوْصِل
  2. Ottoman Turkishموصل
  3. EnglishMosul

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

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Translations

Arabic الْمَوْصِل
  • الْمَوْصِل (al-mawṣil)city
Bengali মসুল
  • মসুল (mośul)city
Bulgarian Мосул
  • Мосул (Mosul)city
Catalan Mossul
  • Mossulcity
Chinese Cantonese 摩蘇爾 /摩苏尔
  • 摩蘇爾 /摩苏尔 (mo¹ sou¹ ji⁵)city
Chinese Mandarin 摩蘇爾 /摩苏尔
  • 摩蘇爾 /摩苏尔 (Mósū'ěr)city
Dutch Mosoel
  • Mosoelcity
Estonian Mosul
  • Mosulcity
Finnish Mosul
  • Mosulcity
French Mossoul
  • Mossoulcity
German Mossul, Mosul
  • Mossulcity
  • Mosulcity
Greek Μοσούλη
  • Μοσούλη (Mosoúli)city
Hebrew מוסול
  • מוסולcity
Hindi मूसल
  • मूसल (mūsal)city
Hungarian Moszul
  • Moszulcity
Indonesian Mosul
  • Mosulcity
Italian Mossul
  • Mossulcity
Japanese モスル
  • モスル (Mosuru)city
Korean 모술
  • 모술 (mosul)city
Latin Mausilium
  • Mausiliumcity
Malay Mosul
  • Mosulcity
Persian موصل
  • موصل (mowsel, musel)city
Portuguese Mossul, Mosul
  • Mossulcity
  • Mosulcity
Russian Мосу́л
  • Мосу́л (Mosúl)city
Spanish Mosul
  • Mosulcity
Thai โมซูล
  • โมซูลcity
Turkish Musul
  • Musulcity
Urdu موصل
  • موصلcity

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

solum
Cite this entry
APA

Mosul. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mosul

MLA

“Mosul.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mosul. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Mosul,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mosul.

Source: Mosul on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.