As proper nouns the difference between iraq and halabja
is that iraq is country in mesopotamia that borders on iran, kuwait, saudi arabia, jordan, syria and turkey official name: republic of iraq while halabja is a town in the kurdish part of iraq that, in march 1988, suffered a ruthless chemical weapons strike by jets, which slaughtered an estimated 5,000 civilians and injured some 7,000 more.
iraq
Alternative forms
* Irak
Proper noun
(
en proper noun)
Country in Mesopotamia that borders on Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria and Turkey. Official name: Republic of Iraq.
Derived terms
* Iraqi
See also
* Baghdad
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halabja
English
Proper noun
(
wikipedia Halabja)
(
en proper noun)
A town in the Kurdish part of Iraq that, in March 1988, suffered a ruthless chemical weapons strike by jets, which slaughtered an estimated 5,000 civilians and injured some 7,000 more.