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

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

Busra, 24, has been sleeping in a "fabricated pod", with her boyfriend adding: "She is so strong, I don't know how she does it."

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2023

The wireless broke down a few days after we left Busra, so we got no news whatever of the outer world, and soon ceased to speculate on what might be happening in France.

From War in the Garden of Eden by Roosevelt, Kermit

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