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Noun: Basra  bas-ru or baz-ru
  1. The second largest city in Iraq; an oil port in southern Iraq

Type of: city, metropolis, port, urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: Al-Iraq, Irak, Iraq, Republic of Iraq

Encyclopedia: Basra, Pakistan