Iraq

A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Iraq. Capital and largest city: Baghdad.

Proper noun

  1. A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Iraq. Capital and largest city: Baghdad.
    • The AK-47s handed in would then be registered in the database before being redistributed to new units formed as Iraq takes over security control from U.S.-led forces, he said. - 2007 August 9, Paul Tait, “M-16s a step...
  2. An expansive medieval region of West Asia, including not only the modern territories of Iraq but also large parts of western Iran (the so-called Persian Iraq).

    Synonyms: Two Iraqs

Origin

Borrowed from Arabic الْعِرَاق (al-ʕirāq, “Iraq”).

Forms

Iraqs Irak Irack 'Irâq Irâq 'Irāq Irāq ʿIrāq

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Iraq

Related

Baghdad

Derived

Ajami Iraq Arabian Iraq Iraqi Iraqnam Iraqnophobia Islamic State in Iraq and Syria Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Vietraq