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Where does “العراق” come from?

العراق (Arabic) comes from Persian عراق, from Arabic عِراق, from Arabic الْعِرَاق — Iraq.

Ancestry of “العراق”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianعراق—
2Arabicعِراق—
3ArabicالْعِرَاقIraq
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