Nineveh

Nineveh was an ancient Near Eastern city of , located in the modern-day city of in northern . It is located on the eastern bank of the River and was the capital and largest city of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, and potentially the wealthiest city in the ancient world.
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  • Archaeological site
  • …lies at an elevation of around 220 metres (730 feet)
  • Description: ancient Assyrian city, capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
  • Also known as
    “Mint of Nineveh”
    “Nīnawá”

Places of Interest Nearby

Discover Great Mosque of al-Nuri and Bash Tapia Castle.
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Ruins
The , also known as the Nouri…
3½ km southwest of Nineveh
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Ruins
, also known as Bashtabiya Castle…
3½ km west of Nineveh
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Place of worship
The also known as the name…
3½ km southwest of Nineveh

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mosul.
is a city in 's Northwestern region, and…

Nineveh

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Latitude
36.35709° or 36° 21′ 26″ north
Longitude
43.1598° or 43° 9′ 35″ east
Open location code
8H859545+RW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 202644722
Open­Street­Map feature
historic = archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
92878
Wiki­data ID
Q5680

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Nineveh” goes by many names.
NinevéAfrikaans
𒌷𒉌𒉡𒀀Akkadian
ነነዌAmharic
ΝινευήAncient Greek (to 1453)
נִינְוֵהAncient Hebrew
مدينة نينوىArabic
نِينَوَىٰArabic
نينوى (مدينة)Arabic
نينوى (مدينه)Arabic
ՆինվեArmenian
NíniveAsturian
NineviyaAzerbaijani
НиневияBashkir
NiniveBasque
НіневіяBelarusian
НінэвіяBelarusian
নিনেভেহBengali
NinivaBosnian
NiniveBreton
НиневияBulgarian
နင်နီဗေးBurmese
NíniveCatalan
NiniveCebuano
نەینەواCentral Kurdish
尼尼微Chinese
НиневиChuvash
ܢܝܼܢܘܹܐClassical Syriac
NinivaCroatian
NiniveCzech
NineveDanish
NiniveDanish
NinevehDutch
NiniveDutch
نينوىEgyptian Arabic
NineveEsperanto
NinevoEsperanto
NinivoEsperanto
NiniveEstonian
NiniveFinnish
NiniveFrench
NíniveGalician
ნინევიაGeorgian
NiniveGerman
ΝινευηGreek
ΝινευίGreek
נינוהHebrew
निनवेहHindi
निनावाHindi
NiniveHungarian
NíneveIcelandic
NiniweIndonesian
NinevehIrish
NiniveItalian
クユンジクJapanese
ニネヴェJapanese
НиневияKazakh
니네베Korean
NînewaKurdish
NiniveLatin
NinīveLatvian
NinevijaLithuanian
НиневијаMacedonian
НиниваMacedonian
NiniveMalagasy
നിനവേMalayalam
निनेवेMarathi
NiniveNorwegian
NiniveNorwegian Bokmål
NiniveNorwegian Nynorsk
NinivaOccitan (post 1500)
NiniveOccitan (post 1500)
ܢܝܢܘܐOfficial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
نینواPersian
NiniwaPolish
NínivePortuguese
NiniveRomanian
НиневияRussian
НінівеRusyn
NiniveSardinian
NinevehScots
НиниваSerbian
NinivaSerbo-Croatian
NiniveSlovak
NiniveSlovenian
نینواSouth Azerbaijani
NíniveSpanish
NinawiSwahili
NineveSwedish
NiniveSwiss German
NinevehTagalog
NiniveTagalog
நினிவேTamil
นิเนเวห์Thai
NinovaTurkish
НіневіяUkrainian
نینواUrdu
NineviyaUzbek
NinevehVietnamese
NinibeWaray (Philippines)
NiniveWaray (Philippines)
NinefehWelsh
نینواWestern Panjabi
尼尼微Wu Chinese
נינוהYiddish
尼尼微Yue Chinese

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