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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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Now its creator, Zarqa Nawaz, has a new short-form comedy with a narrower focus but a similar cartoony vibe.

From New York Times May 24, 2024

Zarqa Al Yamama is the story of a blue-eyed tribal matriarch with the gift of foreseeing the future in pre-Islamic Arabia.

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

“Since the Russians already have a military base on the ground, this carrier wouldn’t make much difference I guess,” says Wissam Zarqa, a teacher living in the besieged opposition-controlled eastern section of Aleppo.

From Time Nov. 1, 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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