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Kufa

American  
[koo-fuh, -fa] / ˈku fə, -fæ /

noun

  1. a town in central Iraq: former seat of Abbassid caliphate; Muslim pilgrimage center.


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In Kufa — a town in al-Sadr’s home province of Najaf province — hundreds lined up to sign the pledge on Friday.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 2, 2022

In Kufa - a town in al-Sadr’s home province of Najaf province - hundreds lined up to sign the pledge on Friday.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 2, 2022

Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr delivers a sermon to worshippers during Friday prayers at the Kufa mosque near Najaf, Iraq September 23, 2016.

From Reuters ● Aug. 29, 2022

Another Shiite cleric in the Sadrist stronghold of Kufa also condemned the prison sentence.

From Time Magazine Archive

No wonder Aunt Chipo and Uncle Kufa didn’t like her!

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

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