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Halabja

Halabja proper noun: a town in the Kurdish part of Iraq that was attacked with chemical weapons by Iraqi Air Force jets in March 1988.

Proper noun

Halabja

  1. A town in the Kurdish part of Iraq that was attacked with chemical weapons by Iraqi Air Force jets in March 1988.

Halabja meaning in Arabic and Persian

Halabja in Arabic

a town
حَلَبْجَة ḥalabja

Halabja in Persian

a town
حلبچه halabče

Questions about Halabja

What does Halabja mean?
Halabja means a town in the Kurdish part of Iraq that was attacked with chemical weapons by Iraqi Air Force jets in March 1988.
What is Halabja in Arabic?
Halabja in Arabic is حَلَبْجَة (ḥalabja). See Halabja meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is Halabja?
Halabja is a proper noun.

Words near Halabja in the dictionary

  1. Hala'ib
  2. halaal
  3. Halab
  4. Halabi
  5. Halabis
  6. Halabja
  7. halacarid
  8. halach uinic
  9. halach uinics
  10. halacha
  11. Halachah

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