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Basra

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Bas·ra  (bäsr, bs-)
A city of southeast Iraq on the Shatt al Arab near the Persian Gulf. The only port in the country, it was heavily damaged during the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988) and the Persian Gulf War (1991). Population: 2,010,000.
Basra, Basrah [ˈbæzrə], Busra, Busrah [ˈbʌsrə]
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(Placename) a port in SE Iraq, on the Shatt-al-Arab. Pop.: 406 296 (1987)
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Noun1.Basra - the second largest city in Iraq; an oil port in southern Iraq
Basia
Al-Iraq, Irak, Iraq, Republic of Iraq - a republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq


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