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BASIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Basia mean?
• BASIA (noun)
The noun BASIA has 1 sense:
1. the second largest city in Iraq; an oil port in southern Iraq
Familiarity information: BASIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The second largest city in Iraq; an oil port in southern Iraq
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Basia; Basra
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)
Holonyms ("Basia" is a part of...):
Al-Iraq; Irak; Iraq; Republic of Iraq (a republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq)
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