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Iraq

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See also: iraq and İraq

English

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Flag of Iraq: اللّٰه أكبر
Map of Iraq

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Etymology

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

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Iraq (plural Iraqs)

  1. A country in Western Asia, in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Iraq. Capital and largest city: Baghdad.
  2. (historical) An expansive medieval region of Western Asia, including not only the modern territories of Iraq but also large parts of western Iran (the so-called Persian Iraq).
    Synonym: Two Iraqs

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Asturian

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Iraq m

  1. Iraq (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)
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Catalan

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Iraq m

  1. Iraq (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

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Central Nahuatl

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Iraq

  1. Iraq (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Crimean Tatar

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Iraq

  1. Iraq (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

French

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Iraq m

  1. Alternative spelling of Irak: Iraq (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Italian

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Iraq m

  1. Iraq (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

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References

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  1. ^ Iraq in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Maltese

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Etymology

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Internationalism, ultimately from Arabic الْعِرَاق (al-ʕirāq). The pronunciation with /ʔ/ is probably spelling-based, but perhaps reinforced by a learned understanding that the Arabic ق (q) corresponds to Maltese q.

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L-Iraq m

  1. Iraq (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; official name: Repubblika tal-Iraq)

Spanish

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Iraq m

  1. Alternative spelling of Irak: Iraq (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)