Iraqi
Americannoun
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Iraqis
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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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He then served five years in the Navy and completed two overseas deployments in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Joint Task Force Liberia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
The US is considering ways to maintain some security support in both Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan after the troop withdrawal, the sources said.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
The recent discussions around Kurdish security were part of larger conversations between the US, the Iraqi government and KRG over the upcoming troop withdrawal.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
I wrote in this space in October 2018 about a mysterious Iraqi blogger writing under the name “Mosul Eye.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Two of the most talented players on the oldest Fugees team—Jeremiah Ziaty’s older brother Darlington and an Iraqi Kurd named Peshawa Hamad—spent months fighting with each other as they battled for Luma’s approval.
From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John
My generation has lived through two American wars with Iraq, but I’d never met Iraqis, danced to their music or heard their anthem.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
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
Some pilgrims trickle through during the week, while on weekends the area grows somewhat livelier as Iraqis visit the sacred sites.
From Barron's ● May 4, 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
For instance, today almost all Japanese and Scandinavians are literate but most Iraqis are not: why did writing nevertheless arise nearly four thousand years earlier in Iraq?
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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