Baghdad

American  

[bag-dad, buhg-dad] / ˈbæg dæd, bəgˈdæd /

Or Bagdad

noun

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

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Baghdad British  

/ bæɡˈdæd /

noun

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

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Baghdad Cultural  

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

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Baghdad has long been one of the great cities of the Muslim world.

It was bombed heavily during the Persian Gulf War.

Example Sentences

The national team has not played a World Cup qualifier in Baghdad since.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

In the end, they made it and returned victorious, on an open-top bus parade through the crowded streets of a delighted Baghdad.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

CNN's decision to keep reporters in Baghdad amid US bombing on the Iraqi capital cemented the network's reputation as an indispensable source of breaking news.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

A 61-year-old immigrant from Baghdad and a member of the Porter Ranch Neighborhood Council, Alnajjar said that at his job interview with the city in 1989, he was asked where he saw himself years later.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Scholars started translating texts into Arabic, and in the ninth century Caliph al-Mamun founded a great library: the House of Wisdom at Baghdad.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife