Nineveh (Inglis pronunciation: ; Akkadian: Ninua; Clessical Syriac: ܢܸܢܘܵܐ; Arabic: نينوى Ninawa, Kurdish: نەینەوا, Ebreu: נִינְוֵה Nin'veih; Greek: Νινευή Nineuē; Naynuwa; Turkis: Ninova Persie: نینوا Laitin: Nineve) is an auncient Mesopotamie ceety on the eastren bank o the Tigris River, an caipital o the Neo-Assyrian Empire.