Iraqi
From Tigris country
Iraqi refers to people, things, or characteristics from Iraq, a country in the Middle East.
As a noun, an Iraqi is a person from Iraq or of Iraqi descent: Several Iraqis in our neighborhood opened a restaurant.
As an adjective, it describes anything relating to the country: Iraqi cuisine, the Iraqi government, Iraqi Arabic.
Tigris-Euphrates river region
- TigrisWestern Asian river
- EuphratesMajor Iraqi river
- BabylonAncient Mesopotamian capital
- AssyriaAncient Mesopotamian empire
Sumer · Ur · Nineveh · Gilgamesh · Hammurabi · Nebuchadnezzar · Ishtar · Marduk
Status as state member
- passportGovernment-issued travel credential
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- refugeePerson fleeing danger abroad
- expatriateOne living abroad permanently
naturalization · Baghdad · Basra · Mosul · Kurdistan · homeland · sovereignty · statehood
Semitic ethnic group member
- KurdWest Asian ethnic group
- AssyrianAncient Mesopotamian people
- TurkmenPerson from Turkmenistan
- YazidiIraqi Kurdish religious group
Chaldean · Armenian · Sunni · Shia · tribal · clan · Bedouin
To leave behind completely
- marshlandWaterlogged lowland area
- oilfieldUnderground hydrocarbon reserve area
- TigrisWestern Asian river
- EuphratesMajor Iraqi river
fertile · arid · oasis · palm · agriculture · irrigation · canal
Armed struggle between groups
- invasionForcible entry into territory
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- sanctionsPunitive international restrictions
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
insurgency · IED · reconstruction · displacement · veteran · ISIS · sectarian · militia
Mesopotamia
Tigris-Euphrates river region
Assyria · Sumer · Ur · Nineveh · Gilgamesh · Hammurabi · Nebuchadnezzar · Ishtar · Marduk · cradle
citizenship
Status as state member
- passportGovernment-issued travel credential
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- refugeePerson fleeing danger abroad
expatriate · naturalization · Baghdad · Basra · Mosul · Kurdistan · homeland · sovereignty · statehood · identity
Arab
Semitic ethnic group member
Yazidi · Chaldean · Armenian · Sunni · Shia · tribal · clan · Bedouin
desert
To leave behind completely
- marshlandWaterlogged lowland area
- oilfieldUnderground hydrocarbon reserve area
- TigrisWestern Asian river
Euphrates · fertile · arid · oasis · palm · agriculture · irrigation · canal
war
Armed struggle between groups
- invasionForcible entry into territory
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- sanctionsPunitive international restrictions
coalition · insurgency · IED · reconstruction · displacement · veteran · ISIS · sectarian · militia · liberation
hospitality
Generous treatment of guests
- poetryMetrical literary composition
- oudAromatic heartwood or plucked instrument
- calligraphyOrnamental handwriting art
cuisine · dolma · bazaar · carpet · folklore · literature · music · daf · mosaic · storytelling
- DemonymsAmerican, Australian, Canadian, British, Chinese
- Asian peoplesChinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, Thai
- Middle EasternersArab, Egyptian, Iranian, Israeli, Jordanian
- Middle EastBaghdad, Cairo, Iran, Jordan, Damascus
- Semitic LanguagesHebrew, Hebrew alphabet, Arabic, Aramaic, Amharic
- Non-WesternAsian, African, Middle Eastern, Far Eastern, Afro-Asian
- Iraq War2003 US-led invasion
- Iraq vetMiddle East war veteran
- Iraq War vetFormer soldier, 2003 conflict
- Iraqi heritageAncestry from modern Mesopotamia
- Iraq invasion2003 war in Mesopotamia
- Iraqi Freedom2003 U.S. military operation