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Busra

American  
[buhs-ruh] / ˈbʌs rə /
Or Busrah

noun

  1. Basra.


Busra British  
/ ˈbʌsrə /

noun

  1. variant spellings of Basra

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

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

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

From BBC Feb. 10, 2023

Zobeir is a desert town of ten thousand or so inhabitants, situated fifteen miles inland from Busra.

From War in the Garden of Eden by Roosevelt, Kermit

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