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Ninevite

Ninevite

9.9
An object made by people from the ancient city of Nineveh, often pottery
  • noun
  • /ˈnaɪnəˌvaɪt/
  • Specialized
: níniveo
  • The intricate designs on this Ninevite vase indicate its significance in ancient rituals.

Examples

  • Archaeologists discovered Ninevite artifacts that revealed important details about the daily life of the Assyrian people.

  • Ninevites.

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  • They are pea Ninevite guards with Cockney accents.

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  • The museum has a collection of Ninevite pottery that showcases the artistic style of ancient Nineveh.

Synonyms

pottery
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Objects made from clay and hardened by heat like pots and bowls

is made by a specific ancient culture and shows a distinctive local style

Surface Forms

Ninevite singular
Ninevites plural

Morphology

Ninevite = Ninevite (semi-transparent) = Nineveh + ite

This noun is a specialized nominal use of the adjective 'Ninevite', so the link is clear but the artifact sense is not fully predictable.

Etymology

A Ninevite (a noun for an object) is named after Nineveh with the ending -ite, so it simply means 'a thing from Nineveh'; in archaeology this usually means pottery or other objects made in that city with a special style.