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Nebi Yunus

a Pleiades name resource

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The Arabic name for the small mound of Nineveh. The name means "Prophet Jonah."

Romanized Name(s):
Nebi Yunus

Name as attested:

Language:
Arabic

Name type:
geographic name

Accuracy of transcription:
accurate

Level of transcription completeness:
complete

Level of certainty in association between name and the place:
Certain

Temporal attestations:

Ottoman Empire (AD ca 1300-1923) (confident)
Modern (AD 1700-Present) (confident)

References:

See Further:

Iraq Significant Sites 044. Kouyounjik / Nebi Yunis (ancient: Nineveh)

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

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