Definition of irak Irak
I•rak
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| irak - a republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq | ||
| Iraq, Republic of Iraq, Al-Iraq, Irak | ||
| middle east, mideast, near east the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had continuous economic and political turmoil in the 20th century; "the Middle East is the cradle of Western civilization" | ||
| gulf states the countries in southwestern Asia that border the Persian Gulf | ||
| asia the nations of the Asian continent collectively | ||
| arab league an international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation | ||
| opec organization of petroleum-exporting countries | ||
| bagdad, baghdad, capital of iraq capital and largest city of Iraq; located on the Tigris River; "Baghdad is one of the great cities of the Muslim world" | ||
| basia, basra the second largest city in Iraq; an oil port in southern Iraq | ||
| karbala, kerbala kerbela | ||
| kirkuk a city in northeastern Iraq; the center of a rich oilfield with pipelines to the Mediterranean | ||
| mosul a city in northern Iraq on the Tigris across from the ruins of Nineveh | ||
| mesopotamia the land between the Tigris and Euphrates; site of several ancient civilizations; part of what is now known as Iraq | ||
| babylonia, chaldaea, chaldea an ancient kingdom in southern Mesopotamia; Babylonia conquered Israel in the 6th century BC and exiled the Jews to Babylon (where Daniel became a counselor to the king) | ||
| chaldaea chaldea | ||
| sumer an area in the southern region of Babylonia in present-day Iraq; site of the Sumerian civilization of city-states that flowered during the third millennium BC | ||
| assyria an ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia which is in present-day Iraq | ||
| assur, asur, ashur an ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria; just to the south of the modern city of Mosul in Iraq | ||
| nineveh an ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris across from the modern city of Mosul in the northern part of what is now known as Iraq | ||
| kurdistan an oriental rug woven by Kurds that is noted for fine colors and durability | ||
| iraqi kurdistan the part of Kurdistan that is in northwestern Iraq | ||
| syrian desert a desert of northern Arabia occupying western Iraq, southern Syria, eastern Jordan, and northern Saudi Arabia | ||
| euphrates, euphrates river a river in southwestern Asia; flows into the Persian Gulf; was important in the development of several great civilizations in ancient Mesopotamia | ||
| tigris, tigris river an Asian river; a tributary of the Euphrates River | ||
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🔤- irak, noun, singular of iraks.
