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
See also
- Syriac Catholic Archeparchy of Hassaké–Nisibi (where Nisibis is merely an added second title)
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