# Samarra

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #66,259

## Definitions
1. A city in Iraq, on the east bank of the Tigris. In medieval times, it was the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic سَامَرَّاء (sāmarrāʔ).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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