Busra
noun
Busrah
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a variation of
Busra.
Busrah.
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a variation of
Basra.
Basranouna port in SE Iraq, N of the Persian Gulf.
Example Sentences
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Of the six provinces only three are occupied by missionaries, and in the coast-line of 4,000 miles there are workers in only four centers—Aden, Muscat, Bahrein, and Busrah, and not one in the interior.
From The Call of the World or, Every Man's Supreme Opportunity by W. E. Doughty
Our picture shows a river boat on the canal at Busrah.
From Topsy-Turvy Land Arabia Pictured for Children by Samuel Marinus Zwemer
His boldest exploit was to attack the fortified town of Busrah.
From The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers by Philip Gosse
Large steamships are loaded down with these boxes and many of them leave Busrah every year with no other cargo than dates.
From Topsy-Turvy Land Arabia Pictured for Children by Samuel Marinus Zwemer
In one of the pictures you see the fire wood market at Busrah.
From Topsy-Turvy Land Arabia Pictured for Children by Samuel Marinus Zwemer
