Definition of Basia

1. Noun. The second largest city in Iraq; an oil port in southern Iraq.

Exact synonyms: Basra
Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center, Port
Group relationships: Al-iraq, Irak, Iraq, Republic Of Iraq

Lexicographical Neighbors of Basia

Basel-Landschaft
Basel-Stadt
Basel problem
Basenji
Basenjis
Bash
Basham's mixture
Basheer
Bashir
Bashkir
Bashkiria
Bashkirs
Bashkortostan
Bashkortostani
Bashkortostanis
Basia
Basic English
Basic Pokémon
Basidiobolus
Basidiomycota
Basidiomycotina
Basij
Basil of Caesarea
Basil the Great
Basilicata
Basiliscus
Basingstoke
Baskerville
Basket Maker

Literary usage of Basia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1897)
"for yourselves, and I will take Pan Michael, to-morrow if need be — for — M Here breath failed basia. All looked at her, not understanding whether she had ..."

2. Censura Literaria: Containing Titles, Abstracts, and Opinions of Old English by Egerton Brydges (1815)
"You doubtless are well aware, that the first poetical version of the basia of Johannes Secundus complete came- out 1732, printed in 12mo. by Henry Lintot, ..."

3. Century Readings for a Course in English Literature by James Francis Augustine Pyre, Karl Young (1910)
"basia Turn back, you wanton flyer, And answer my desire \Yith mutual greeting. Vet bend a little nearer,— True beauty still shines clearer 5 In closer ..."

4. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon i.e. Alexandre Le'on Valle'e, Léon Vallée, Alois Leonhard Brandl (1899)
"basia. BY THOMAS CAMPION. [Born about 1550, died 1619. A highly cultivated and fashionable London physician, lyric poet, ..."

5. The Book of Elizabethan Verse by William Stanley Braithwaite (1907)
"basia Sir P. Sidney ' I "URN back, you wanton flyer, •*• And answer my desire With mutual greeting. Yet bend a little nearer, — True beauty still shines ..."

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