Basra

[ buhs-ruh, bahs-rah ]

noun

1. a port in SE Iraq, N of the Persian Gulf.

Basra

/ ˈbʌsrə; ˈbæzrə /

noun

1. a port in SE Iraq, on the Shatt-al-Arab. Pop: 1 187 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

Belgium reportedly denied him asylum by arguing that Basra, his hometown in Iraq, was classified as a safe area.

From BBC

The tanker had been off the city of Basra, Iraq, loading crude oil bound for Aliaga, Turkey, for the Turkish refinery firm Tupras.

From Seattle Times

"At one point we stopped just outside Basra," she said.

From BBC

"There are barriers around talking about breasts in the community and checking breasts is often seen as a sexual thing," says Manveet Basra, the charity's associate director of public health.

From BBC

Formosa could replace Kuwaiti supply with grades such as Iraq's Basra Medium, Qatar's al-Shaheen and Oman crude, Lin said, adding it can also process U.S. light sweet crude.

From Reuters