Basra

• (city in Iraq): Balsara, Balsora, Bassora, Bussero, Bussora (all obsolete)

From Ottoman Turkish بصره‎ (Basra) and Arabic البَصْرَة (al-Baṣra), from ال (al-, “the, land of the”) + بَصْرَة (baṣra, “overseer”).

Basra

1. A port city in southeastern Iraq.

Borrowed from Punjabi ਬਸਰਾ (basrā).

Basra (plural Basras)

1. A surname from Punjabi.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Basra is the 40432^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 541 individuals. Basra is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (90.57%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Basra”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 112.

• Arabs, Baars, Baras, Sabra, abras, arbas, sabar, sabra

Basra

1. Basra (a city in Iraq)