the ancient capital of Assyria, on the River Tigris opposite the present-day city of Mosul (N Iraq): at its height in the 8th and 7th centuries bc; destroyed in 612 bc by the Medes and Babylonians
Nineveh in American English
(ˈnɪnəvə)
capital of ancient Assyria, on the Tigris: ruins opposite modern Mosul in N Iraq