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BAGHDAD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capital and largest city of Iraq; located on the Tigris River
Example:
Baghdad is one of the great cities of the Muslim world
Synonyms:
Bagdad; Baghdad; capital of Iraq
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
national capital (the capital city of a nation)
Holonyms ("Baghdad" is a part of...):
Al-Iraq; Irak; Iraq; Republic of Iraq (a republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq)