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Definition of Al-Iraq
1. Noun. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq.
Geographical relationships: Assyrian, Assyrian Neo-aramaic, Ansar Al Islam, Ansar Al-islam, Supporters Of Islam, Abu Nidal Organization, Ano, Arab Revolutionary Brigades, Black September, Fatah Revolutionary Council, Fatah-rc, Revolutionary Organization Of Socialist Muslims, Iis, Iraqi Intelligence Service, Iraqi Mukhabarat, Republican Guard, Akhbari
Group relationships: Arab League, Opec, Organization Of Petroleum-exporting Countries
Generic synonyms: Asian Country, Asian Nation
Group relationships: Middle East, Mideast, Near East, Gulf States, Asia
Terms within: Bagdad, Baghdad, Capital Of Iraq, Basia, Basra, Karbala, Kerbala, Kerbela, Kirkuk, Mosul, Mesopotamia, Babylonia, Chaldaea, Chaldea, Chaldaea, Chaldea, Sumer, Assyria, Ashur, Assur, Asur, Nineveh, Kurdistan, Iraqi Kurdistan, Syrian Desert, Euphrates, Euphrates River, Tigris, Tigris River
Member holonyms: Iraki, Iraqi
Lexicographical Neighbors of Al-Iraq
Literary usage of Al-Iraq
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Historical Review by Mandell Creighton, Justin Winsor, Samuel Rawson Gardiner, Reginald Lane Poole, John Goronwy Edwards (1913)
"... where the sentence in question runs : ' And he used to write I»fore in Al 'Iraq,
and he wrote under Yunus the son of 'Abd al A'la and others in Egypt. ..."
2. An Eastern Library by Vincent Clarence Scott O'Connor (1920)
"... al 'Iraq!, a well-known author who died in AH 8o6 = AD 1404. The present copy
was corrected by the author's son, ..."
3. Lady of La Mancha by Lawrence Murray, Alessandra LaRocca (2002)
""I have a ship of gold and jewels. Take any piece, or take all of it!" "From whence
comes this horde of gold?" "Al-Iraq, Persia, India." "No place else? ..."
4. The Guardians by Lawrence Murray, Murray Lawrence (2002)
"... with the convertible accuracy of the Arabic truth: "When al-Iraq is up, Egypt
is down." 'Fortunately for Damascus,1 Connor completed the metaphor, ..."
5. Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur by Carl Brockelmann (1902)
"345) mit einem Anhang über die Ereignisse in al 'Iraq, Ägypten und Syrien bis zum J.
713, 'lann Geschichte von al Jemen bis 714, Br. Mus. Suppl. 469. ..."
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