A country in the Middle East and Western Asia that borders on Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, and Turkey, having Baghdad as its capital; modern Republic of Iraq (since 1958).

The official name of Iraq (a country).

(historical) a region corresponding to ancient Media or west of modern Iran; east of the so-called Arabic Iraq or Iraq-i Arab

(former name) ISIL/ISIS/Islamic State

A war between Iran and Iraq lasting from September 1980 to August 1988.

(historical) Synonym of Persian Iraq

A person from Iraq or of Iraqi descent.

(historical) Of, from, or pertaining to Persian Iraq. / Of, from, or pertaining to Iraq, or the Iraqi people.

(informal, humorous) An irrational fear of Iraq's ability to manufacture weapons of mass destruction, or, more broadly, of military conflict with Iraq.

plural of Iraqi