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Bussora

Bussora 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 Bussora

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

Words near Bussora in the dictionary

  1. bussing
  2. bussing down
  3. Bussings
  4. bussle
  5. Bussnang
  6. Bussora
  7. bussu
  8. bussus
  9. bussy
  10. bust
  11. bust a cap

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Bussora (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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