English Explanatory Dictionary

Basra

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A port city in southeastern Iraq.
name
  1. A surname from Punjabi.

Word forms

Basra Balsara Balsora Bassora Bussero Bussora Basras

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بصره (Basra) and Arabic البَصْرَة (al-Baṣra), from ال (al-, “the, land of the”) + بَصْرَة (baṣra, “overseer”).

Derived words

Gulf of Basra
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