noun
a republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq (Freq. 2)
• Syn: ↑Republic of Iraq, ↑Al-Iraq, ↑Irak
• Members of this Region:
↑Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, ↑Assyrian, ↑Ansar al Islam, ↑Ansar al-Islam, ↑Supporters of Islam, ↑Fatah Revolutionary Council, ↑Fatah-RC, ↑Abu Nidal Organization, ↑ANO, ↑Arab Revolutionary Brigades, ↑Black September, ↑Revolutionary Organization of Socialist Muslims, ↑Iraqi Intelligence Service, ↑IIS, ↑Iraqi Mukhabarat, ↑Republican Guard, ↑Akhbari
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑Asian country, ↑Asian nation
• Member Holonyms: ↑Arab League, ↑Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries, ↑OPEC
• Part Holonyms: ↑Middle East, ↑Mideast, ↑Near East, ↑Gulf States, ↑Asia
• Part Meronyms:
↑Baghdad, ↑Bagdad, ↑capital of Iraq, ↑Basra, ↑Basia, ↑Kerbala, ↑Karbala, ↑Kerbela, ↑Kirkuk, ↑Mosul, ↑Mesopotamia, ↑Babylonia, ↑Chaldaea, ↑Chaldea, ↑Sumer, ↑Assyria, ↑Assur, ↑Asur, ↑Ashur, ↑Nineveh, ↑Kurdistan, ↑Iraqi Kurdistan, ↑Syrian Desert, ↑Euphrates, ↑Euphrates River, ↑Tigris, ↑Tigris River
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a country in western Asia
Useful english dictionary. 2012.