bagdad









bagdad


noun

  1. Baghdad.

noun

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

noun

  1. a variant spelling of Baghdad

noun

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

a pre-Islamic name apparently of Indo-European origin and probably meaning “gift of god,” with the first element related to Russian bog “god” and the second to English donor. Marco Polo (13c.) wrote it Baudac.

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

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