Iraqi
Americannoun
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a native of Iraq.
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Also Iraqi Arabic the dialect of Arabic spoken in Iraq.
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Etymology
Origin of Iraqi
First recorded in 1770–80; from Arabic ʿIrāqī, equivalent to ʿIrāq Iraq + -ī a suffix indicating relationship or origin
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Iraqi troops burnt hundreds of Kuwaiti oil wells as they withdrew after their 1991 defeat, straining the country's energy resources and causing an environmental crisis.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Trump’s Tuesday: The president is to greet Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi at 11 a.m. before holding a bilateral meeting with him at 11:15 a.m.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Iraq, in particular, has asked the cartel to raise production quotas to make up for the shortfall it incurred during the war in the Middle East, the Iraqi Oil Ministry said in late June.
From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026
Jamal claimed in court his had been a case of mistaken identity, but he was found guilty and told he faced deportation back to Iraqi Kurdistan after his release.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Luma lived at a comfortable distance from Amman’s problems, which included poverty and the tensions brought on by the arrival of Palestinian and, later, Iraqi refugees.
From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John
He couldn’t put a number to the amount of people he treated, which included U.S. soldiers, Iraqis, contractors, and journalists.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026
Unlike most countries, Iraq has few private banks with relationships with other major international-financial institutions, making it difficult to acquire U.S. currency that is in heavy demand from ordinary Iraqis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
The Saudis will be a three- or four-month story, but the Iraqis have serious physical infrastructure challenges.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
Hunting enemy missiles was a major challenge for the U.S. in its 1991 war with Iraq as many of the Scud missiles the Iraqis used were mobile.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
The Saudis, the Iranians, the Iraqis, they called the shots, they were the ones with the vast stockpiles of oil, not the Americans, where the holes were running dry.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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