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.

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Baghdad

No group claimed responsibility, but Riyadh called on Baghdad to prevent such attacks from being launched from its territory.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

A Treasury official said the U.S. dollar shipments to Iraq resumed after Baghdad committed to additional safeguards to prevent militia groups from exploiting the country’s financial system.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

But the two countries have become close allies since Saddam's fall in 2003 in a US-led invasion and with the rise to power of Shia-dominated governments in Baghdad.

From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026

It is part of a broad administration push for Baghdad to align itself more closely with Washington in the wake of the conflict.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

We visited Baghdad, the U.S. military headquarters in Fallujah, and the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit encampment outside Babil, in the heart of Iraq’s so-called Sunni Triangle.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman