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Definition of Basia
1. Noun. The second largest city in Iraq; an oil port in southern Iraq.
Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center, Port
Group relationships: Al-iraq, Irak, Iraq, Republic Of Iraq
Lexicographical Neighbors of Basia
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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