Definitions for basra
ˈbʌs rə, ˈbɑs rɑbas·ra

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Basra, Basianoun

   the second largest city in Iraq; an oil port in southern Iraq

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1. Basranoun

   A city and port in southeast Iraq.

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1. Basra

   Basra (Arabic: ٱلْبَصْرَة, romanized: al-Baṣrah, Kurdish: بەسڕە, Romanized: Basra) is a city in southern Iraq located on the Shatt al-Arab in the Arabian Peninsula. It had an estimated population of 1.4 million in 2018. Basra is also Iraq's main port, although it does not have deep water access, which is handled at the port of Umm Qasr. However, there is ongoing construction of Grand Faw Port on the coast of Basra, which is considered a national project for Iraq and will become one of the largest ports in the world and the largest in the Middle East, in addition, the port will strengthen Iraq’s geopolitical position in the region and the world. Furthermore, Iraq is planning to establish large naval base in the Faw peninsula.Historically, the city is one of the ports from which the fictional Sinbad the Sailor journeyed. The city was built in 636 and has played an important role in Islamic Golden Age. Basra is consistently one of the hottest cities in Iraq, with summer temperatures regularly exceeding 50 °C (122 °F). In April 2017, the Iraqi Parliament recognized Basra as Iraq's economic capital.

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1. basra

   Basra is a city located in Southern Iraq, near the border with Kuwait. It is one of the largest cities in Iraq and is considered the economic capital due to its significant oil reserves and its commercial port, which is one of the largest in the country. The city is also known for its long history and rich culture, being referenced in many works of literature including The Arabian Nights and The Book of One Thousand and One Nights.

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1. Basra

   Basra also written Basrah is the capital of Basra Governorate, located on the Shatt al-Arab river in southern Iraq between Kuwait and Iran. It had an estimated population of 952,441 as of 2007, and 2,009,767 as of 2012. Basra is also Iraq's main port, although it does not have deep water access, which is handled at the port of Umm Qasr. The city is part of the historic location of Sumer, the home of Sinbad the Sailor, and a proposed location of the Garden of Eden. It played an important role in early Islamic history and was built in 636 CE or 14 AH. It is Iraq's second largest and most populous city after Baghdad. Basra is consistently one of the hottest cities on the planet, with summer temperatures regularly at least 45 degrees celsius.

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1. BASRA

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Basra is ranked #40432 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Basra surname appeared 541 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Basra.
   
   90.5% or 490 total occurrences were Asian.
   4.2% or 23 total occurrences were White.
   3.8% or 21 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.9% or 5 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Matched Categories

1. • City
   • Port

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

1. [["1844","1"],["1845","1"],["1871","1"],["1883","2"],["1898","1"],["1915","2"],["1918","2"],["1924","9"],["1925","1"],["1927","5"],["1928","4"],["1932","1"],["1934","1"],["1938","1"],["1940","1"],["1943","2"],["1949","1"],["1951","2"],["1953","1"],["1955","2"],["1957","4"],["1958","1"],["1959","1"],["1961","1"],["1962","17"],["1963","36"],["1964","1"],["1965","2"],["1966","1"],["1968","11"],["1969","3"],["1970","4"],["1971","5"],["1972","1"],["1974","4"],["1975","6"],["1976","3"],["1978","1"],["1980","6"],["1981","6"],["1982","8"],["1983","6"],["1985","3"],["1986","7"],["1987","16"],["1988","2"],["1989","2"],["1990","21"],["1991","3"],["1992","7"],["1993","8"],["1994","3"],["1995","5"],["1996","1"],["1997","9"],["1998","6"],["1999","8"],["2000","15"],["2001","12"],["2002","9"],["2003","11"],["2004","21"],["2005","30"],["2006","21"],["2007","15"],["2008","26"]]

Anagrams for basra »

1. Arabs

2. sabra

How to pronounce basra?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say basra in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of basra in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of basra in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of basra in a Sentence

1. Mohammed Ali:

   We have experienced problems, but we always say that sport unites people, we are seeing many people from the Gulf, and we can tell that they too have missed Basra.

2. Shaker Aziz:

   All of Basra's oil and we can't afford rehab?

3. Renad Mansour:

   That's a lesson they learned from Basra in 2018 because protests stopped after 20 or so people were killed ... there's a logic that if you kill enough people they'll quiet down.

4. Rory Cole:

   If you’re going from Al Faw to Basra to Baghdad to Istanbul you’re going to have an awful lot of sites regenerating that signal, they need to be protected, each one of those hops exposes it to more interference.

5. Patrick Osgood:

   Basra city experiences security issues around crime and protest activity.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=basra
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Basra
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basra
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=basra
6. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=basra