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Irāq

Irāq is the alternative form of Iraq.

Meaning of Iraq

Proper noun

Iraq (plural Iraqs)

  1. A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Iraq. Capital and largest city: Baghdad.
    • 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.2007 August 9, Paul Tait, “M-16s a step forward for Iraqi forces, says US”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 09 Aug 2025
  2. (historical) An expansive medieval region of West Asia, including not only the modern territories of Iraq but also large parts of western Iran (the so-called Persian Iraq).
    Synonyms:
    Two Iraqs

Questions about Irāq

What is Irāq the alternative form of?
Irāq is the alternative form of Iraq.

Words near Irāq in the dictionary

  1. Iryna
  2. iryo
  3. Irân
  4. Irâq
  5. Irān
  6. Irāq
  7. is
  8. is a bear Catholic
  9. is a man
  10. is a one
  11. is a thing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Irāq (page history and authors); Iraq (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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