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Baghdad

bagh·dad

UK/bæɡˈdæd/ US/ˈbæɡdæd/ fairly common

noun

1.

capital and largest city of Iraq; located on the Tigris River

  • “Baghdad is one of the great cities of the Muslim world”
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Origin

Borrowed from Arabic بَغْدَاد (baḡdād), from Classical Persian بَغْدَاد (baġdād) (see there for more). Doublet of Bhagadatta (derived from Sanskrit भगदत्त (bhagadatta)).

Phrases

  • Baghdad Bob
  • Baghdad boil
  • Baghdad by the Bay

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