Iraq

• Irak (dated, rare)
• Irack (obsolete)
• 'Irâq, Irâq, 'Irāq, Irāq, ʿIrāq (rare)

Borrowed from Arabic الْعِرَاق (al-ʕirāq, “Iraq”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪˈɹɑːk/, /ɪˈɹæk/
• (Standard Southern British) IPA^(key): /ɪˈɹɑːk/, /ɪˈɹak/

  • Audio (London); /ɪˈɹɑːk/:

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• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ɪˈɹɑːk/, /ɪˈɹæːk/, /aɪˈɹæk/

  • Audio (US):

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• (Australia) IPA^(key): /ɪˈɹɐːk/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /əˈɹɐːk/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ɪˈɾak/
• (Wales) IPA^(key): /ɪˈɾaːk/, /ɪˈɾak/
• Rhymes: -ɑːk, -æk

Iraq (plural Iraqs)

2. A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Iraq. Capital and largest city: Baghdad.
   • 2007 August 9, Paul Tait, “M-16s a step forward for Iraqi forces, says US”, in Reuters‎^[1], archived from the original on 9 August 2025:

     The AK-47s handed in would then be registered in the database before being redistributed to new units formed as Iraq takes over security control from U.S.-led forces, he said.

4. (historical) An expansive medieval region of West Asia, including not only the modern territories of Iraq but also large parts of western Iran (the so-called Persian Iraq).

   Synonym: Two Iraqs

• Baghdad
• Appendix:Countries of the world

• Qira, qari, riq'a

Iraq m

1. Iraq (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)

• iraquí

Ultimately from Arabic الْعِرَاق (al-ʕirāq).

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [iˈɾak]

• Audio (Valencia):

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Iraq m

1. Iraq (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)

• iraquià

Ultimately from Arabic الْعِرَاق (al-ʕirāq).

Iraq

1. Iraq (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)

Ultimately from Arabic الْعِرَاق (al-ʕirāq).

Iraq

1. Iraq (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)

• IPA^(key): /i.ʁak/

• Audio (France (Brétigny-sur-Orge)):

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Iraq m

1. alternative spelling of Irak: Iraq (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)

Ultimately from Arabic الْعِرَاق (al-ʕirāq).

• IPA^(key): /iˈɾak/ [iˈɾɑk]
• Rhymes: -ak

Iraq m

1. Iraq (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)

Ultimately from Arabic الْعِرَاق (al-ʕirāq).

• IPA^(key): /iˈrak/, /ˈi.rak/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ak, -irak
• Hyphenation: I‧ràq, Ì‧raq

Iraq m

1. Iraq (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)

• iracheno

Internationalism, ultimately from Arabic الْعِرَاق (al-ʕirāq). The pronunciation with /ʔ/ is probably spelling-based, but perhaps reinforced by a learned understanding that the Arabic ق (q) corresponds to Maltese q.

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈraːʔ/
• Rhymes: -aːʔ

L-Iraq m

1. Iraq (a country in West Asia in the Middle East; official name: Repubblika tal-Iraq)

Iraq m

1. superseded spelling of Irak, deprecated in 2010 by the Royal Spanish Academy