BASRA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Basra mean? 

• BASRA (noun)
  The noun BASRA has 1 sense:

1. the second largest city in Iraq; an oil port in southern Iraq

  Familiarity information: BASRA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BASRA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The second largest city in Iraq; an oil port in southern Iraq

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Basia; Basra

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

Holonyms ("Basra" 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)