Iraqi
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Iraqi may refer to:
  • Something of, from, or related to the country of Iraq
    Iraq
    Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....

  • Iraqi people
    Iraqi people
    The Iraqi people or Mesopotamian people are natives or inhabitants of the country of Iraq, known since antiquity as Mesopotamia , with a large diaspora throughout the Arab World, Europe, the Americas, and...

    , persons from Iraq, or of Iraqi descent. For information about the Iraqi people, see Demographics of Iraq
    Demographics of Iraq
    This article is about the demographic features of the population of Iraq, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population....

     and Culture of Iraq
    Culture of Iraq
    Iraq has one of the world's oldest cultural histories. Iraq is where the Ancient Mesopotamian civilizations were, whose legacy went on to influence and shape the civilizations of the Old World. Culturally, Iraq has a very rich heritage. The country is known for its poets and its painters and...

    . For specific persons, see List of Iraqis.
    • Iraqi diaspora
      Iraqi diaspora
      The Iraqi diaspora refers to native Iraqis who have left for other countries as emigrants or refugees, and is now one of the largest in modern times, being described by the UN as a "humanitarian crisis" largely due to the US invasion and occupation of Iraq....

  • Iraqi Arabic
    Iraqi Arabic
    Iraqi Arabic is a continuum of mutually intelligible Arabic varieties native to the Mesopotamian basin of Iraq as well as spanning into eastern and northern Syria, western Iran, southeastern Turkey, and spoken in respective Iraqi diaspora communities.-Varieties:Iraqi Arabic has two major varieties...

    , the colloquial form of Arabic
    Arabic language
    Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...

     spoken in Iraq. See also Languages of Iraq
    Languages of Iraq
    There are a number of languages spoken in Iraq, but Iraqi Arabic is by far the most widely spoken in the country.-Contemporary languages:Arabic is the majority language, Kurdish is spoken by approximately 20%, South Azeri is spoken by 5% - 10% of people, the Ethnic Turcomans, Assyrian Neo-Aramaic...

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  • Iraqi cuisine
    Iraqi cuisine
    Iraqi cuisine or Mesopotamian cuisine has a long history going back some 10,000 years - to the Sumerians, Babylonians and Assyrians. Tablets found in ancient ruins in Iraq show recipes prepared in the temples during religious festivals - the first cookbooks in the world...


  • Someone or Something of, from, or related to Persian Iraq
    Persian Iraq
    Persian Iraq , also spelled Persian Irak, is an obsolete term for the central region of Iran, including cities such as Isfahan, Ray, Qazvin, and Kashan. From the 11th to 16th centuries, the term Iraq referred to two distinct regions: Arabian Iraq and Persian Iraq...

    , an old name for a region in Central Iran
    • Fakhr-al-Din Iraqi
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