Iraq
English

Flag of Iraq: اللّٰه أكبر
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Map of Iraq
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɪˈɹɑːk/, /ɪˈɹak/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ɪˈɹak/
- (US) IPA(key): /ɪˈɹæk/, /ɪˈɹɑk/, /aɪˈɹæk/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːk, -æk
Proper noun
Iraq (plural Iraqs)
- A country in Western Asia, in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Iraq. Capital and largest city: Baghdad.
- (historical) An expansive historical region of medieval 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
Derived terms
Translations
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See also
- Baghdad
- Appendix:Countries of the world
- (countries of Asia) country of Asia; Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, East Timor, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
Catalan
Derived terms
French
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iˈrak/, /ˈi.rak/[1]
- Rhymes: -ak, -irak
- Hyphenation: I‧ràq, Ì‧raq
Derived terms
References
- Iraq in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Maltese
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪˈraːʔ/
Proper noun
L-Iraq m
- Iraq (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; official name: Republic of Iraq; capital and largest city: Baghdad)
- Synonym: Repubblika tal-Iraq
Spanish
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