Al-Basrah

Variant of Basra

Basra definition

Basra (bus′rə, buz′-)

port in SE Iraq, at the head of the Shatt-al-Arab: pop. 406,000
Arabic name Al-Basrah Al′·-Bas′rah (al′-)

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