Baghdad

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Baghdad

  • /bæɡˈdæd/
  • /ˈbæɡdæd/

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Where it comes from

Borrowed from Arabic بَغْدَاد (baḡdād), from Classical Persian بَغْدَاد (baġdād) (see there for more). Doublet of Bhagadatta (derived from Sanskrit भगदत्त (bhagadatta)).

proper noun Bagdad · Bagdat

  1. The capital city of Iraq.
  2. metonymically The Iraqi government.
  3. A governorate of Iraq.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: bagdad, mosul, damascus, cairo, iraq, haifa, basra, constantinople, amman, iraqi, kabul, berlin, adamstown, tarawa, capital, said

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name city

EspañolBagdad
한국어바그다드 Bageudadeu
日本語バグダード Bagudādo, バグダッド Bagudaddo
中文巴格達 /巴格达 Bāgédá
हिन्दीबग़दाद baġdād
PortuguêsBagdá, Bagdade
FrançaisBagdad
DeutschBagdad
ItalianoBagdad, Baghdad
ΕλληνικάΒαγδάτη Vagdáti
RomânăBagdad
РусскийБагда́д Bagdád
Tiếng ViệtBát-đa, Bác Đạt
العربيةبَغْدَاد baḡdād
עבריתבַּגְדַּאדּ \ בַּגְדָּד bagdád

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@misc{baghdad_2026,
  title = {Baghdad},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/baghdad},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}