Busra
noun
Busrah
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a variation of
Busra.
Busrah.
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a variation of
Basra.
Basranouna port in SE Iraq, N of the Persian Gulf.
Example Sentences
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At Busrah, there is also a dispensary, and here too the gospel is sold and preached and lived before the people.
From Topsy-Turvy Land Arabia Pictured for Children by Samuel Marinus Zwemer
In one of the pictures you see the fire wood market at Busrah.
From Topsy-Turvy Land Arabia Pictured for Children by Samuel Marinus Zwemer
From Aden to Muscat is a journey of nearly 1,500 miles, from there to Bahrein is 550, and Busrah is 400 miles further on.
From The Call of the World or, Every Man's Supreme Opportunity by W. E. Doughty
At Busrah, Rev. James Cantine began mission work in 1891, and ever since that time he and others have been ploughing and sowing seed and waiting for the showers that come before the harvest.
From Topsy-Turvy Land Arabia Pictured for Children by Samuel Marinus Zwemer
It was at Busrah that Kamil Abd el Messiah, the Moslem convert from Syria, died a witness for Christ.
From Topsy-Turvy Land Arabia Pictured for Children by Samuel Marinus Zwemer
