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Bas⋅ra

  [buhs-ruh, bahs-rah]
–noun
a port in SE Iraq, N of the Persian Gulf. 915,000.
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Also, Busra, Busrah.
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Bas·ra   (bäs'rə, bŭs'-)   
A city of southeast Iraq on the Shatt al Arab near the Persian Gulf. The only port in the country, it was heavily damaged during the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988) and the Persian Gulf War (1991). Population: 2,010,000.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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