- a variant spelling of Baghdad
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Bag•dad
(bag′dad, bəg dad′),USA pronunciation n.
- Place NamesBaghdad.
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Bagdad /bæɡˈdæd/ n
Bagh•dad
(bag′dad, bəg dad′),USA pronunciation n.
- Place Namesa city in and the capital of Iraq, in the central part, on the Tigris. 2,800,000.
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Baghdad, Bagdad /bæɡˈdæd/ n
- the capital of Iraq, on the River Tigris: capital of the Abbasid Caliphate (762–1258). Pop: 6 642 848 (2015 est)
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