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Baghdad.

The capital city of Iraq.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/bæɡˈdæd//ˈbæɡdæd/
  1. The capital city of Iraq.

  2. The capital city of Iraq. The Iraqi government.

    metonymically
  3. A governorate of Iraq.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Arabic بَغْدَاد (baḡdād), from Classical Persian بَغْدَاد (baġdād) (see there for more). Doublet of Bhagadatta (derived from Sanskrit भगदत्त (bhagadatta)).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.