Zarqa

[ zahr-kuh ]

noun

1. a city in northern Jordan, north of Amman.

Zarqa

/ ˈzɑːkə /

noun

1. the second largest town in Jordan, northeast of Amman. Pop: 494 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

“Zarqa,” created by and starring Nawaz, is on YouTube and follows a divorced Muslim mother in Regina, Saskatchewan.

From New York Times

Zarqa Al Yamama is the story of a blue-eyed tribal matriarch with the gift of foreseeing the future in pre-Islamic Arabia.

From BBC

In the cities of Irbid and Zarqa, thousands took to the streets carrying Hamas flags, vowing revenge against Israel and calling on the militant movement, which rules Gaza, to escalate strikes.

From Reuters

Youths had clashed with police in several impoverished neighbourhoods of the city and in the heavily populated industrial city of Zarqa, north east of the capital Amman, witnesses said.

From Reuters

There’s a sleight of hand at play, of course, since there is no one mansaf: Its interpretations vary from Syria to Lebanon, from Zarqa to Salt, from tribe to tribe.

From New York Times