Mosul

[məu'su:l;'məusəl]

(noun.) a city in northern Iraq on the Tigris across from the ruins of Nineveh.

整理:洛蒂--From WordNet

Later on Mosul and Bagdad revived feebly as second-rate towns. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
Then they defeated a great relieving army from Mosul. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.

整理:凯蒂