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Baghdad

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[ bag-dad, buhg-dad ]

noun

  1. a city in and the capital of Iraq, in the central part, on the Tigris.


Baghdad

/ ²úæɡˈ»åæ»å /

noun

  1. the capital of Iraq, on the River Tigris: capital of the Abbasid Caliphate (762–1258). Pop: 5 910 000 (2005 est)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Baghdad

  1. Capital of Iraq , located in central Iraq on both banks of the Tigris River.
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Notes

Baghdad has long been one of the great cities of the Muslim world.
It was bombed heavily during the Persian Gulf War .
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The Pope writes that, after landing in Baghdad in March 2021, he was told an event at which he was set to appear was being targeted by two suicide bombers.

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“My mom, my nieces, my other four brothers, my cousins are all in a building in Baghdad,†she says.

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She met ministers from the federal government in Baghdad and regional leaders in Kurdistan in the north where many smuggling gangs are based.

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She reported from hospitals in Beirut and Baghdad for this article.

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In years past, residents of cities from Baghdad to Jerusalem managed to continue everyday life amid suicide bombings.

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