Ninive

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Etymology

From Latin Nīnevē (“Nineveh”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Ninive

  1. Nineveh (an ancient city in Assyria, in modern Iraq, near Mosul)

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French

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Nīnevē (“Nineveh”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Ninive f

  1. Nineveh (an ancient city in Assyria, in modern Iraq, near Mosul)

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Italian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Nīnevē (“Nineveh”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈni.ni.ve/
  • Rhymes: -inive
  • Hyphenation: Nì‧ni‧ve

Proper noun

Ninive f

  1. Nineveh (an ancient city in Assyria, in modern Iraq, near Mosul)

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νινευή (Nineuḗ), ultimately from Akkadian 𒌷𒉌𒉡𒀀 (URUNI.NU.A)

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Nīnivē f sg (genitive Nīnivēs); first declension

  1. Alternative form of Nīnevē

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Nīnivē
Genitive Nīnivēs
Dative Nīnivēs
Accusative Nīnivēn
Ablative Nīnivē
Vocative Nīnivē

References

  • “Ninive”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Ninive in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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