Najaf

Also An-Na·jaf

[naj-af]

noun

1. a city in central Iraq: holy city of the Shiʿites; shrine contains tomb of Ali (around a.d. 600–661), founder of the Shiʿite sect.

Najaf

/ ˈnædʒæf /

noun

1. a holy city in central Iraq, near the River Euphrates; burial place of the Caliph Ali and a centre of the Shiite faith. Pop: 639 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

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.

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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.”

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More than 250 people were taken to hospital in Najaf province, and at least 322 patients including children were sent to hospitals in Diwaniyah province.

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The authorities were forced to shut down airports in the provinces of Najaf and Basra.

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He then traveled to a seminary in Najaf, Iraq, for religious studies, but two years later he and other Shiite students and clerics were expelled by Saddam Hussein’s government.

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