Mosul
pronunciation
How to pronounce Mosul in British English:
UK [məuˈsu:l,ˈməusəl]
How to pronounce Mosul in American English:
US [moˈsul, ˈmosəl]
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- Noun:
- a city in northern Iraq on the Tigris across from the ruins of Nineveh
Word Origin
- Mosul
- city in northern Iraq, from Arabic al-Mawsul, literally "the joined," a reference to the bridge and ford over the Tigris here.
Example
- 1. In mosul a woman 's body was left in the street .
- 2. Chanting demonstrators massed in other cities , including mosul and nasiriya .
- 3. A week after american forces formally handed security in iraq 's towns to the iraqi authorities , insurgents killed dozens of people in a rash of bombs in baghdad , mosul and other northern towns .
- 4. The iraqi army has claimed some success in containing them in and around mosul , the country 's bloodiest city .
- 5. In the scarred northern city of mosul much of the battle damage is recent .