Iraq

See also: iraq and İraq

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɪˈɹɑːk/, /ɪˈɹæk/
    • Audio (London):(file)
  • (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ɪˈɹæk/, /ɪˈɹɑk/, (proscribed) /aɪˈɹæk/
    • Audio (US):(file)
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ɪˈɹɐːk/
  • (New Zealand) IPA(key): /əˈɹɐːk/
  • 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.
    • 2007 August 9, “M-16s a step forward for Iraqi forces, says US”, in Reuters[1]:
      The AK-47s handed in would then be registered in the database before being redistributed to new units formed as Iraq takes over security control from U.S.-led forces, he said.
  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

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • Baghdad
  • Appendix:Countries of the world

Anagrams

Asturian

Proper noun

Iraq m

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

Catalan

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Iraq m

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

Derived terms

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Iraq

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

Crimean Tatar

Proper noun

Iraq

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

French

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Iraq m

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

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Iraq m

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

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: Repubblika tal-Iraq)

Spanish

Proper noun

Iraq m

  1. superseded spelling of Irak, deprecated in 2010 by the Royal Spanish Academy