Iraq

See also: iraq and İraq

English

Flag of Iraq: اللّٰه أكبر
Map of Iraq

Alternative forms

  • Irak (dated, rare)
  • 'Irâq, Irâq, 'Irāq, Irāq, ʿIrāq (rare)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɪˈɹɑːk/, /ɪˈɹak/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ɪˈɹak/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɪˈɹæk/, /ɪˈɹɑk/, /aɪˈɹæk/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːk, -æk

Proper noun

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 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

Anagrams

Asturian

Proper noun

Iraq m

  1. Iraq (country)

Catalan

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Iraq m

  1. Iraq

Derived terms

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Iraq

  1. Irak (a country in Asia)

French

Proper noun

Iraq m

  1. Alternative spelling of Irak

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iˈrak/, /ˈi.rak/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ak, -irak
  • Hyphenation: I‧ràq, Ì‧raq

Proper noun

Iraq m

  1. Iraq

Derived terms

References

  1. 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

  1. 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

Proper noun

Iraq m

  1. Alternative spelling of Irak
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