samarra

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative form of simar.
name
  1. A city in Iraq, on the east bank of the Tigris. In medieval times, it was the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate.

Word forms

samarra samarras Samarrah

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَامَرَّاء (sāmarrāʔ).

Derived words

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