Basra
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See also: basra
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish بصره (Basra) and Arabic البَصْرَة (al-Baṣra), from ال (al-, “the, land of the”) + بَصْرَة (baṣra, “overseer”).
Proper noun
[edit]Basra
Translations
[edit]city in Iraq
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Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Punjabi ਬਸਰਾ (basrā).
Proper noun
[edit]Basra (plural Basras)
- A surname from Punjabi.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Basra is the 40432nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 541 individuals. Basra is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (90.57%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Basra”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 112.
Anagrams
[edit]Uzbek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Arabic البَصْرَة (al-Baṣra).
Proper noun
[edit]Basra
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- English terms borrowed from Ottoman Turkish
- English terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- English terms borrowed from Arabic
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- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Cities in Iraq
- en:Places in Iraq
- English terms borrowed from Punjabi
- English terms derived from Punjabi
- English surnames
- English surnames from Punjabi
- Uzbek terms borrowed from Arabic
- Uzbek terms derived from Arabic
- Uzbek lemmas
- Uzbek proper nouns
- uz:Cities in Iraq
- uz:Places in Iraq