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Balsora

Balsora is the obsolete form of Basra.

Meaning of Basra

Proper noun (1)

Basra

  1. A port city in southeastern Iraq.
  2. A governorate in southeastern Iraq.

Proper noun (2)

Basra (plural Basras)

  1. A surname from Punjabi.

Questions about Balsora

What is Balsora the obsolete form of?
Balsora is the obsolete form of Basra.

Words near Balsora in the dictionary

  1. Balsley
  2. Balsleys
  3. Balsom
  4. balsome
  5. balsomes
  6. Balsora
  7. Balster
  8. Balsters
  9. balsum
  10. Balt
  11. Balt.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Balsora (page history and authors); Basra (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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