"Mosul" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈməʊsəl/
Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish موصل (Mosul), from Arabic الموصل (al-Mawṣil, “the Junction”), from و ص ل (w ṣ l) related to terms concerning access, arrival, or connection. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ota|موصل|tr=Mosul}} Ottoman Turkish موصل (Mosul), {{der|en|ar|الموصل||the Junction|tr=al-Mawṣil}} Arabic الموصل (al-Mawṣil, “the Junction”), {{m|ar|و ص ل}} و ص ل (w ṣ l) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Mosul
  1. A city in Nineveh, Iraq at the site of former Nineveh. Categories (place): Cities in Iraq, Places in Iraq
    Sense id: en-Mosul-en-name-01o-u2De
  2. (historical) A former province of the Ottoman Empire with its capital at Mosul. Tags: historical Categories (place): Historical political subdivisions Synonyms: Nineveh [historical] Related terms: Nineveh, muslin Coordinate_terms: Moslawi Translations: الْمَوْصِل (al-mawṣil) [feminine] (Arabic), ܡܘܨܠ (Aramaic), ܢܝܢܘܐ (Aramaic), Մոսուլ (Mosul) (Armenian), Mosul (Azerbaijani), Масул (Masul) (Belarusian), মসুল (mośul) (Bengali), Мосул (Mosul) (Bulgarian), Mossul (Catalan), Мовсил (Movsil) (Chechen), 摩蘇爾 (Chinese Mandarin), 摩苏尔 (Mósū'ěr) (Chinese Mandarin), Mosoel (Dutch), Mosul (Estonian), Mosul (Finnish), Mossoul (French), მოსული (mosuli) (Georgian), Mossul (German), Mosul (German), Μοσούλη (Mosoúli) [feminine] (Greek), מוסול (Hebrew), मूसल (mūsal) [masculine] (Hindi), Moszul (Hungarian), Mosul (Indonesian), Mossul (Italian), モスル (Mosuru) (Japanese), Мосул (Mosul) (Kazakh), 모술 (mosul) (Korean), Мосул (Mosul) (Kyrgyz), Mausilium [neuter] (Latin), Mosul (Malay), Мосул (Mosul) (Mongolian), Mûsil (Northern Kurdish), Nînewe (Northern Kurdish), موصل (Mevsıl/Mosul) (Ottoman Turkish), موصل (mowsel, musel) (Persian), Mossul [feminine] (Portuguese), Mosul [feminine] (Portuguese), Мосу́л (Mosúl) [masculine] (Russian), Mosul (Serbo-Croatian), Мосул (Serbo-Croatian), Mosul (Spanish), Мавсил (Mavsil) (Tajik), โมซูล (Thai), Musul (Turkish), موصل (Urdu), مەۋسىل (mewsil) (Uyghur), Mosul (Uzbek)
    Sense id: en-Mosul-en-name-xjiOAJQH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71

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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mowsel, musel",
      "word": "موصل"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Mossul"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Mosul"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Mosúl",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Мосу́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "word": "Mosul"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "word": "Мосул"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "word": "Mosul"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "Mavsil",
      "word": "Мавсил"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "word": "โมซูล"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "word": "Musul"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "word": "موصل"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "mewsil",
      "word": "مەۋسىل"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "word": "Mosul"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Mosul"
  ],
  "word": "Mosul"
}
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  "msg": "UNIMPLEMENTED parse_translation_template: trans-top-see {1: 'city', 2: 'Nineveh'}",
  "path": [
    "Mosul",
    "trans-top-see"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
  "title": "Mosul",
  "trace": ""
}

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