موصل

mauṣil, vulg. moṣil, corr. mūṣal (n. of place fr. وصل 'to join'), s.m. (orig.) 'The place where two ropes (or other things) are joined or tied,' 'a junction';—name of a city and district which joins Mesopotamia to Babylonia (situated on the western bank of the Tigris, opposite to the spot where Nineveh was supposed to have stood).