Basra

[ US /ˈbɑsɹɑ/ ]
NOUN
  1. the second largest city in Iraq; an oil port in southern Iraq
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How To Use Basra In A Sentence

  • Today, I'm told, the people of Basra whisper and mumble about the intifada, but only among family members at home or in tearooms with their most intimate friends.
  • Leaning heavily to port, the 200 ft Al Mansur was at the whim of the tide, bobbing around the main dock of Basra surrounded by an ugly puddle of diesel oil, its Iraqi flag hanging limp and torn at its sternpost.
  • At the bottom end of Mesopotamia, the cradle of Western civilization, the Shatt takes in the water from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and flows southward from Basra to the Persian Gulf.
  • British diplomatic sources said the feuds in Basra would not be resolved until provincial council elections were held. Times, Sunday Times
  • Shortly after the invasion of Iraq, teams of minesweeping dolphins cleared the approaches to Iraqi ports in the Persian Gulf, allowing ships with humanitarian aid to reach the Iraqi city of Basra.
  • And, while the "frightened fifteen", clutching their "lucky bags" revel in the warm embrace of their mummies and daddies, and sundry other "loved ones", the redtop has made it clear it sees a link between the bomb in Basra and what it calls the "Tehran tyrant". Archive 2007-04-01
  • Scenario: The Iraqi city of Basra suffers from severe gasoline shortages.
  • He was also alleged to have used an agent in Basra who touted for business after the Iraq war. Times, Sunday Times
  • Pre-war, there was a strong whiff of wishful thinking in the coalition's plans for Basra.
  • The British southeast area of responsibility will be confined to Basra. Times, Sunday Times
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