1. Basra - Noun
2. Basra - Proper noun
the second largest city in Iraq; an oil port in southern Iraq
Source: WordNetA father walks with his child along a deserted street during a curfew imposed as a measure to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus in Iraq’s southern city of Basra on March 21, 2020. Source: Internet
A second revolt in 1999 led to mass executions in and around Basra. Source: Internet
Basra is consistently one of the hottest cities in Iraq, with summer temperatures regularly exceeding convert. Source: Internet
An Iraqi worker walks in front of an oil refinery in North Rumaila oilfield in Basra in January 2009. Source: Internet
Dozens of U.S. oil workers prepare to leave Iraq after air strikeDozens of U.S. citizens working for foreign oil companies in the southern Iraqi oil city of Basra were preparing to leave the country on Friday, Iraq's Oil. Source: Internet
By some accounts, Basra capitulated to the Mongols to avoid a massacre. Source: Internet