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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Busrah, or Bassorah, bulls and lions shipped to, down the Tigris, 52.
From Chaldea From the Earliest Times to the Rise of Assyria by Zénaïde A. (Zénaïde Alexeïevna) Ragozin
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
Our picture shows a river boat on the canal at Busrah.
From Topsy-Turvy Land Arabia Pictured for Children by Samuel Marinus Zwemer
It was at Busrah that Kamil Abd el Messiah, the Moslem convert from Syria, died a witness for Christ.
From Topsy-Turvy Land Arabia Pictured for Children by Samuel Marinus Zwemer
At Busrah, Rev. James Cantine began mission work in 1891, and ever since that time he and others have been ploughing and sowing seed and waiting for the showers that come before the harvest.
From Topsy-Turvy Land Arabia Pictured for Children by Samuel Marinus Zwemer
