Iraqi

[ ih-rak-ee, ih-rah-kee ]

noun

, plural I·ra·qis.

1. a native of Iraq.
2. Also Iraqi Arabic. the dialect of Arabic spoken in Iraq.

adjective

1. of or relating to Iraq, its inhabitants, or their language.

Iraqi

/ ɪˈrɑːkɪ /

adjective

1. of or relating to Iraq or its inhabitants

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Iraq

Other Words From

• an·ti-I·ra·qi noun adjective
• pro-I·ra·qi noun adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Iraqi¹

First recorded in 1770–80; from Arabic ʿIrāqī, equivalent to ʿIrāq Iraq + -ī a suffix indicating relationship or origin

Example Sentences

Even today, Detroit is still home to one of the largest Iraqi American communities in the United States.

From Eater

In the shadow of an only nominally independent Iraqi government, an assortment of unaccountable British intelligence agencies working with the air force held real administrative power.

From Time

In exchange, the smaller nation has done Riyadh’s heavy lifting in hosting Palestinian — and more recently, Iraqi and Syrian — refugees.

From Ozy

He himself was fighting ISIS on the ground in the Iraqi town of Kirkuk—a forty‑minute drive from Sulaymaniyah— whenever he wasn’t at the operations center monitoring events in Syria.

From Time

The Times said the documents, now archived at George Washington University in Washington, were transferred legally under the supervision of Iraqi security forces and customs officials.

From Washington Post

The U.S. launched campaigns in the restive Iraqi city of Fallujah and a surge campaign in Baghdad.

From The Daily Beast

The U.S. military is finally starting to train Iraqi troops to fight ISIS in restive Anbar province.

From The Daily Beast

The U.S. only plans to train roughly 3,000 Iraqi troops in the first year.

From The Daily Beast

Figuring how to train Iraqi forces has dogged the United States since the 2003 invasion.

From The Daily Beast

The men were accused of reneging on pledges to stop working for the Iraqi government.

From The Daily Beast

Iraqi refugees tell us how forced confessions are obtained -- by torturing children while their parents are made to watch.

From Project Gutenberg

In order to make progress toward this goal, the Iraqi government must stop the sectarian violence in its capital.

From Project Gutenberg

And our plan will help the Iraqi government take back its capital and make good on its commitments.

From Project Gutenberg

This atrocity, directed at a Muslim house of prayer, was designed to provoke retaliation from Iraqi Shia -- and it succeeded.

From Project Gutenberg

The Iraqi people quickly realized that something dramatic had happened.

From Project Gutenberg