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Iraqi

Iraqi

901 3.0
A person from the country of Iraq
  • noun
  • /ɪˈrɑːki/
translation icon : iraquí
  • There were only a few initial complaints issued by Iraqis about suspected U.S. violations of the agreement.
  • many Iraqis
  • ordinary Iraqis
  • displaced Iraqis

Now, their plane was not destroyed by the Iraqis, as we've been told for years.

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Examples

  • The Iraqis are willing to help.

  • How many Iraqis living abroad want to go back?

  • I have nothing against Iraqi people at all.

  • I believe Iraqis would have done that later on.

  • The cost of this war, in lives and treasure, for Americans and Iraqis, has been greater than we ever imagined.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Yet once the government was formed, most Iraqis gave it a month-long honeymoon.

    Academic text (2011)
  • If the Iraqis know the UN is independent, then the elections we supervise will be seen as legitimate.

  • The Iraqi chef prepared a delicious traditional dish for the guests.

  • Many Iraqi families are returning to their homeland after years of living abroad.

  • Iraqi students are eager to learn more about their country's history and culture.

Compounds

A group of Iraqi opposition leaders and parties formed in 1992 to oppose Saddam Hussein

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The money used in Iraq that equals one thousand fils

A government group in Iraq that gathers secret information and runs secret operations to protect the country

A region in northern Iraq where most people are Kurds and that has its own government

A secret police force in Iraq under Saddam Hussein, feared for human rights abuses

Surface Forms

Iraqi singular
Iraqis plural

Morphology

Iraqi = Iraq (transparent) = Iraq + i

The suffix '-i' is a standard derivation to form nouns meaning 'a native or inhabitant of'.

Etymology

Iraqi comes from the country name Iraq and the Arabic ending -i, meaning 'from' or 'of'. So an Iraqi is a person who is 'from Iraq'.