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Zarqa

American  
[zahr-kuh] / ˈzɑr kə /
Also Az-Zarqa

noun

  1. a city in northern Jordan, north of Amman.


Zarqa British  
/ ˈzɑːkə /

noun

  1. the second largest town in Jordan, northeast of Amman. Pop: 494 000 (2005 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Zarqa panics and posts that she is dating a white brain surgeon, which she is not, and the shenanigans are afoot.

From New York Times • May 24, 2024

British opera singer Dame Sarah Connolly is playing the title role of Zarqa Al Yamama and says she had sleepless nights worrying about singing in Arabic.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2024

Zarqa Khan, a student who attended a candlelight vigil for Mukadam, bemoaned how religion now pervades so much of life in Pakistan and how today she fears walking alone on the streets.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 29, 2021

“My mother-in-law and her three children are sleeping with us now. One of them couldn’t bring his family, his wife refused to leave. They sent their daughters on ahead,” said Wissam Zarqa, an English teacher.

From Washington Post • Nov. 27, 2016

Word was that there were shelters in Zarqa, Amman, Al-Salt, and other Jordanian cities.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat

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