Nisibis (disambiguation)

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Nisibis may refer to :

• the Classic Greek name of Nusaybin (or Nizib), a presently Asian Turkish city on the Syrian border, which was an archbishopric in Mesopotamia Prima
• its various Catholic successor sees, all titular archbishoprics :
  • Nisibis of the Romans (Latin Church)
  • Nisibis of the Armenians (Armenian Catholic Church)
  • Nisibis of the Chaldeans (Chaldean Catholic Church)
  • Nisibis of the Maronites (Maronite Church)
• the former Ecclesiastical province of Nisibis of the Church of the East
• Nisibis (cockroach), a genus of insect in the family Ectobiidae