English Explanatory Dictionary

Baghdad

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The capital city of Iraq.
  2. A governorate of Iraq.

Pronunciation

/bæɡˈdæd/ /ˈbæɡdæd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Baghdad.wav

Word forms

Baghdad Bagdad Bagdat

Etymology

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

Related words

Bagadates

Derived words

Baghdad Bob Baghdad boil Baghdad by the Bay Baghdadi Baghdadian
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