Busra

American

[buhs-ruh] / ˈbʌs rə /

Or Busrah

noun

Basra.

Busra British

/ ˈbʌsrə /

noun

variant spellings of Basra

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He answered - and Mama Busra broke into tears hearing her son's voice for the first time since the earthquake struck five days earlier.

From Reuters ● Feb. 12, 2023

"It's like you gave me the world," Mama Busra said of the moment she heard her son's voice.

From Reuters ● Feb. 12, 2023

Daughter Busra Yildiz, who lives in Cardiff, stayed in the UK to look after her sisters.

From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2023

Busra, who was born in Besni and brought up in Swindon, Wiltshire, travelled on Monday to Turkey to help.

From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2023

A few days after landing at Busra we embarked on a paddle-wheel boat to pursue our way up-stream the five hundred intervening miles to Baghdad.

From War in the Garden of Eden by Kermit Roosevelt

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