Baghdad

or Bag·dad

[ bag-dad, buhg-dad ]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Iraq, in the central part, on the Tigris.

Baghdad

/ bæɡˈdæd /

noun

1. the capital of Iraq, on the River Tigris: capital of the Abbasid Caliphate (762–1258). Pop: 5 910 000 (2005 est)

Baghdad

1. Capital of Iraq , located in central Iraq on both banks of the Tigris River.

Notes

Baghdad has long been one of the great cities of the Muslim world.

It was bombed heavily during the Persian Gulf War .

Example Sentences

In years past, residents of cities from Baghdad to Jerusalem managed to continue everyday life amid suicide bombings.

From Los Angeles Times

Protesters carrying Palestinian and Iraqi flags last week marched up to the PepsiCo offices in Baghdad, chanting “No to agents” and “No to Israel.”

From Seattle Times

Nowhere is that sense more vivid than in Baghdad’s historic Adhamiyah neighborhood, where most people follow the Sunni branch of Islam — as do most Palestinians.

From New York Times

Huff, an only child, died at 18 when a roadside bomb detonated next to her armored Humvee in Baghdad.

From Seattle Times

Her father’s family was from Baghdad; her mother’s side was from Eastern Europe.

From Seattle Times