Fallujah

British  

/ fəˈlʊdʒə /

noun

1. a town in central Iraq, about 60 km W of Baghdad; a centre of resistance against the US-led invasion of Iraq, from 2003. Pop: 223 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

There’s a whole genre of colonoscopy dispatches, from Katie Couric to Dave Barry, describing the procedure in language better suited for covering Fallujah or “Fear Factor.”

From Los Angeles Times

The interviews for “The Last 600 Meters,” which commemorates the Iraq War battles of Fallujah and Najaf, were conducted in 2007, “while memories were still fresh.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The biggest engagements fought by Americans since the Vietnam conflict, Fallujah and Najaf were fierce, frustrating, and part of a war that was neither warmly embraced by Americans nor understood very well by them.

From The Wall Street Journal

“We wanted to get something that represented our jobs, our service, fighting in Fallujah and Ramadi as machine gunners,” he said in a video posted on Instagram Wednesday, referring to his service in Iraq.

From The Wall Street Journal

Sanford told local outlet Clarkston News that he was a sergeant in the Marines and was deployed to Fallujah in Iraq in 2007.

From BBC