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Nineveh

The Assyrian capital's Akkadian name reached English through the Hebrew of the Book of Jonah, while the local Aramaic form survives in Arabic as Nīnawā, the province around Mosul.

Weakest linkCertain

The road to English

From Akkadian to Syriac, Arabic

1750 BCEAkkadian

Hops are evenly spaced; labels show the year each form is first attested.

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