the capital of Iraq, on the River Tigris: capital of the Abbasid Caliphate (762–1258). Pop: 6 642 848 (2015 est)
Baghdad in American English
(ˈbægˌdæd; bɑgˈdɑd)
capital of Iraq, on the Tigris River: pop. 4,689,000: as the capital of a caliphate,it flourished (8th-9th cent.) as a commercial & cultural center and the chief city of Islam