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I·raq

Iraq

 
pronunciation:
ih rak [or] ih raek
part of speech: noun
definition: Iraq is a country on the continent of Asia. It is in an area of the world called the Middle East. Some of Iraq's neighbors are Jordan and Iran. The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers flow through Iraq. The land between these rivers is famous in the history of the world. It is where some of the earliest human civilizations that we know about developed. Most people in modern Iraq speak Arabic. Another language that is spoken in Iraq is called Kurdish.