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Baghdad
33.3153°N 44.3661°E · Q1530
2 English words in this atlas trace back to Baghdad. It sits in Iraq.
tabbynoun · 17th century
Well attestedThe striped cat is named for a striped silk from Baghdad.
The cloth was named for al-Attabiyya, a quarter of Baghdad. English applied the fabric's name to the cat's markings.
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Baghdad by the Baynoun · 1940s
Well attestedSan Francisco's fondest nickname belongs to a city 7,000 miles away.
The columnist Herb Caen used it in the San Francisco Chronicle through the 1940s and put it on the cover of a 1949 book, meaning that the fog, the hills and the mixed crowds gave the city the feel of an exotic port. The nickname faded as Baghdad came to stand for war rather than romance.
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