Samarra

American  

[suh-mahr-uh] / səˈmɑr ə /

noun

1. a town in central Iraq, on the Tigris: seat of the early Abassid caliphs.

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Example Sentences

“While it’s an interesting and provocative idea, where is safe? In the Ring of Fire where freeways topple, is anywhere truly safe. Fires break out everywhere, even massive ones. There is no saying that anywhere a museum moves won’t be the ‘Appointment in Samarra’ for the collection.

From Los Angeles Times

Associate art director Samarra Khaja, a longtime vegetarian, admitted that “a regular hot dog generally skeeves me out,” but she would buy her Field Roast Signature Stadium Dogs again.

From Salon

She is a Sunni Muslim, from the religiously mixed area around Samarra about two hours north of Iraq’s capital, and at first the fighting did not touch her.

From New York Times

When Noor was 11, the family returned to Samarra to put flowers on her uncle’s grave.

From New York Times

They recently rode to Samarra, where one of the worst sectarian attacks of the war happened in 2006, a bombing that damaged the city’s 1,000-year-old grand mosque.

From Seattle Times