Irāka

Etymology
Via some other European language, ultimately a Middle East term, possibly from, (Biblical ), from , the name of a city-state region in the south of ancient Iraq. Medieval 🇨🇬 uses Iraq as a geographical term for the area in the south and center of the modern Iraq. Some sources say that Iraq comes from, from , while others say it is from , due to historic rule from Iraq's plateau-situated neighbor, Persia.