al-iraq
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1. a republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq (noun.location)
| instance hypernym | : | asian country, asian nation, |
| definition | : | any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | basia, basra, |
| definition | : | the second largest city in Iraq; an oil port in southern Iraq (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | karbala, kerbala, kerbela, |
| definition | : | a city of central Iraq to the south of Baghdad; a holy city for Shiite Muslims because it is the site of the tomb of Mohammed's grandson who was killed there in 680 (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | kirkuk, |
| definition | : | a city in northeastern Iraq; the center of a rich oilfield with pipelines to the Mediterranean (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | mosul, |
| definition | : | a city in northern Iraq on the Tigris across from the ruins of Nineveh (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | mesopotamia, |
| definition | : | the land between the Tigris and Euphrates; site of several ancient civilizations; part of what is now known as Iraq (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | babylonia, chaldaea, chaldea, |
| definition | : | an ancient kingdom in southern Mesopotamia; Babylonia conquered Israel in the 6th century BC and exiled the Jews to Babylon (where Daniel became a counselor to the king) (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | chaldaea, chaldea, |
| definition | : | an ancient region of Mesopotamia lying between the Euphrates delta and the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Desert; settled in 1000 BC and destroyed by the Persians in 539 BC; reached the height of its power under Nebuchadnezzar II (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | sumer, |
| definition | : | an area in the southern region of Babylonia in present-day Iraq; site of the Sumerian civilization of city-states that flowered during the third millennium BC (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | assyria, |
| definition | : | an ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia which is in present-day Iraq (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | ashur, assur, asur, |
| definition | : | an ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria; just to the south of the modern city of Mosul in Iraq (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | nineveh, |
| definition | : | an ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris across from the modern city of Mosul in the northern part of what is now known as Iraq (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | kurdistan, |
| definition | : | an extensive geographical region in the Middle East to the south of the Caucasus (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | iraqi kurdistan, |
| definition | : | the part of Kurdistan that is in northwestern Iraq (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | syrian desert, |
| definition | : | a desert of northern Arabia occupying western Iraq, southern Syria, eastern Jordan, and northern Saudi Arabia (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | euphrates, euphrates river, |
| definition | : | a river in southwestern Asia; flows into the Persian Gulf; was important in the development of several great civilizations in ancient Mesopotamia (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | tigris, tigris river, |
| definition | : | an Asian river; a tributary of the Euphrates River (noun.object) |
| part meronym | : | middle east, mideast, near east, |
| definition | : | the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had continuous economic and political turmoil in the 20th century (noun.location) |
| part meronym | : | gulf states, |
| definition | : | the countries in southwestern Asia that border the Persian Gulf (noun.location) |
| part meronym | : | asia, |
| definition | : | the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations (noun.object) |
| member holonym | : | iraki, iraqi, |
| definition | : | a native or inhabitant of Iraq (noun.person) |
| member meronym | : | arab league, |
| definition | : | an international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation (noun.group) |
| domain member region | : | ansar al islam, ansar al-islam, supporters of islam, |
| definition | : | a radical Islamic group of terrorists in the Iraqi part of Kurdistan who oppose an independent secular nation as advocated by the United States; some members fought with the Taliban and al-Qaeda forces in Afghanistan; said to receive financial support from Saddam Hussein (noun.group) |
| domain member region | : | republican guard, |
| definition | : | formerly Iraq's elite military unit whose primary role was to protect the government in Baghdad (noun.group) |
| domain member region | : | akhbari, |
| definition | : | a religious movement by Arab Shiite Muslims in 17th century Iraq that is opposed to the Usuli (noun.group) |
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