Busra

American

[buhs-ruh] / ˈbʌs rə /

Or Busrah

noun

Basra.

Busra British

/ ˈbʌsrə /

noun

variant spellings of Basra

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"You can't imagine how happy we are," he told me in the nearby town of Busra.

From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2024

"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

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

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

From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2023

When the boat reached Busra, scores of men were prostrate on the deck from heat-stroke and exhaustion.

From The Leicestershires beyond Baghdad by Edward John Thompson

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