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.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Al-iraq

Akpes
Akron
Akrukay
Aksa Martyrs Brigades
Aku
Akubra
Akureyri
Akureyri disease
Akutagawa
Akwa'ala
Al
Al-Andalus
Al-Anon
Al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham
Al-Hudaydah
Al-Iraq
Al-Jama'a al-Islamiyyah al-Muqatilah bi-Libya
Al-Magrib
Al-Mukalla
Al-Nakba
Al-Sayyid Bedouin Sign Language
Al-hakim
Al Alamayn
Al Capone
Al Faran
Al Gore
Al Hijrah
Al Jazeera
Al Jolson
Al Madinah

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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