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Almost immediately, I remember right when Tikrit even fell, a few days after Baghdad fell, there was talks of insurgency, there was talks of jihad and of resisting the American occupiers, and slowly this turned into an organized movement.
Farnaz Fassihi

Meaning of "Tikrit" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TIKRIT

Tikrit  [tɪˈkriːt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TIKRIT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tikrit is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TIKRIT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Tikrit

Tikrit

Tikrit is a city in Iraq, located 140 km northwest of Baghdad on the Tigris River. The town, with an estimated population in 2002 of about 260,000 is the administrative center of the Salah ad Din Governorate.

Definition of Tikrit in the English dictionary

The definition of Tikrit in the dictionary is a town in N central Iraq on the River Tigris; birthplace of Saladin and Saddam Hussein. Pop: 28 900.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TIKRIT


accrete
əˈkriːt
backstreet
ˈbækˌstriːt
calcrete
ˈkælkriːt
concrete
ˈkɒnkriːt
Crete
kriːt
decreet
dɪˈkriːt
discreet
dɪˈskriːt
discrete
dɪsˈkriːt
excrete
ɪkˈskriːt
ferroconcrete
ˌfɛrəʊˈkɒŋkriːt
greet
ɡriːt
high-street
ˈhaɪˌstriːt
indiscreet
ˌɪndɪˈskriːt
indiscrete
ˌɪndɪˈskriːt
marguerite
ˌmɑːɡəˈriːt
retreat
rɪˈtriːt
screet
skriːt
secrete
sɪˈkriːt
street
striːt
treat
triːt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TIKRIT

Tijuana
tik
tik-tik
tika
tikanga
tike
tiki
tiki tour
tikka
Tikkiny
tikoloshe
tiktaalik
til
tilak
tilapia
Tilburg
tilburies
tilbury
tilde
Tilden

WORDS THAT END LIKE TIKRIT

amrit
brit
culprit
esprit
free spirit
frit
grit
holiday spirit
Holy Spirit
inherit
jeu d´esprit
merit
Nayarit
Prakrit
Sanskrit
spirit
sprit
team spirit
the Spirit
writ

Synonyms and antonyms of Tikrit in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Tikrit» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TIKRIT

Find out the translation of Tikrit to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Tikrit from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Tikrit» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

提克里特
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Tikrit
570 millions of speakers

English

Tikrit
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

टिकरित
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تكريت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Тикрит
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Tikrit
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তিকরিত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Tikrit
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tikrit
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Tikrit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

チクリート
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

티크리트
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tikrit
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Tikrit
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

டிக்ரிட்டில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टिक्र
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Tikrit
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Tikrit
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Tikrit
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Тікріт
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Tikrit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Τικρίτ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Tikrit
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Tikrit
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Tikrit
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Tikrit

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TIKRIT»

The term «Tikrit» is quite widely used and occupies the 29.884 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TIKRIT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Tikrit

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QUOTES WITH «TIKRIT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Tikrit.
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Farnaz Fassihi
Almost immediately, I remember right when Tikrit even fell, a few days after Baghdad fell, there was talks of insurgency, there was talks of jihad and of resisting the American occupiers, and slowly this turned into an organized movement.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TIKRIT»

Discover the use of Tikrit in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Tikrit and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Tikrit
In this story Tikrit shows courage and determination in adversity when he goes in search of a fireball from the sky.
Chris Burchell, 1993
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Christianity in Iraq: Its Origins and Development to the ...
At this stage the Syrian Orthodox Church in Iraq had twelve bishoprics, six of them under the jurisdiction of the metropolitan of Der Mar Matta, Mosul and Nineveh and the other six under the metropolitan of Tikrit, and all were subordinate to the ...
Suha Rassam, 2005
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The Iraq War: Strategy, Tactics, and Military Lessons
THE END OF THE BATTLE OF BAGHDAD AND MOVEMENT TOWARD TIKRIT By April 10 and 11, coalition forces had effectively defeated organized resistance in Baghdad and could begin to deploy elements of their land forces toward Tikrit.
Anthony H. Cordesman, 2003
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Genocide in Iraq: The Anfal Campaign Against the Kurds
Tikrit appears to have performed a broadly similar function to Topzawa, but on a smaller scale and for a much shorter period. Indeed, all the witnesses who had spent time in Tikrit belonged to a single large batch of prisoners from the Daoudi  ...
George Black, 1993
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By My Side: The Tikrit Diaries
In 2005, Robert Repenning, a Catholic priest served as an Army Chaplain in Iraq. This is the printed version of his on line journal, which he kept during his deployment.
Robert B. Repenning, 2013
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Security Council, Supplement for April, May and June 1997
14 March 1997 Traffic Office — Ministry of the Interior Salah al-Din Govemorate ( Tikrit) Salah al-Din Govemorate (Tikrit) Baghdad Baghdad Salah al-Din Govemorate (Tikrit) Salah al-Din Govemorate (Tikrit) Salah al-Din Govemorate ( Tikrit) ...
United Nations: Security Council, 2006
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The Encyclopedia of Middle East Wars: The United States in ...
Tikrit is an old city; the first written references to it occurred in the early seventh century CE. In its earliest known history, it was known as Tagrit. The great 12th- century Muslim military leader Saladin (Salah-al din Yusuf ibn Ayyãb) was born in ...
Spencer C. Tucker, 2010
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The Iraq War Encyclopedia
Tikrit is located approximately 90 miles north-northwest of Baghdad along the Tigris River. It serves as the administrative seat of Salahuddin Province. In 2002, prior to the Iraq War, it had a population of 550,000 people. Because of the war and ...
Thomas R. Mockaitis, 2013
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Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary Translated from the ...
Tikrit had been granted to him as an appanage. He had been in the service of the sultan Muhammad, the father of the Masfid just-mentioned. A ribdt (a caravanscral, or perhaps a convent of derviches) was founded by him at Baghdad and ...
‎1871
10
Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary, 4
(Ibn al-Athir continues thus) : " He " (Aiyub) went there (to Tikrit) with his brother Asad ad-Din. When the aldbek " and martyr (6) Imad ad-Din Zinki was defeated in Irak by Karaja; " — 1 shall give here a summary account of that celebrated battle  ...
Ibn Khallikan, 1871

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TIKRIT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Tikrit is used in the context of the following news items.
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Iraq sentences Islamic State militants to death for Tikrit massacre
Some bodies were pushed into the River Tigris, while others were buried in at least 12 mass graves that were discovered after government forces retook Tikrit. «BBC News, Jul 15»
2
Iraqi Families Return to Fragile Stability in Tikrit After Liberation …
BAGHDAD — When Umm Ahmed returned to her Iraqi hometown, Tikrit, in recent days she found a city devastated by fighting with militants from the Islamic ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
3
Nearly 500 bodies exhumed from graves in Iraq, morgue official
Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) An Iraqi forensic team has exhumed 499 bodies from a series of graves in the presidential complex in the city of Tikrit, a top official in the ... «CNN, May 15»
4
Sunnis slow to return to Iraq's Tikrit after IS rout, fearing victorious …
Iraqi government forces drove the Islamic State group out of Abu Mustafa's hometown of Tikrit over a month ago, but he has yet to return, fearing the Shiite ... «Fox News, May 15»
5
Former Saddam Hussein Confidante Killed in Tikrit
Iraq's vice-Chairman of the Revolution Command Council, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, salutes at a celebration at the Unknown SoldierMonument in Baghdad on Army ... «Newsweek, Apr 15»
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Islamic State takes 3 Iraqi villages, presses into Ramadi after Tikrit loss
Two weeks after a critical victory at Tikrit, where a combination of U.S. airstrikes, government troops and Shiite Muslim militias overwhelmed an Islamic State ... «McClatchy Washington Bureau, Apr 15»
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Reuters Iraq bureau chief threatened after reporting lynching in Tikrit
A vehicle belonging to Shi'ite militia fighters pulls the body of an Islamic State fighter, who was killed during clashes with Iraqi forces, in Tikrit on April 1. «Bangor Daily News, Apr 15»
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Forensic teams dig up mass graves of ISIS victims in Tikrit
Forensic teams began exhuming the bodies of up to 1,700 people buried in mass graves in Tikrit, northern Iraq, on Monday, after the city was retaken by Iraqi ... «ChristianToday, Apr 15»
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Special Report: After Iraqi forces take Tikrit, a wave of looting and …
Since its recapture two days ago, the Sunni city of Tikrit has been the scene of ... al-Abadi, a moderate Shi'ite, had described the Tikrit campaign as a chance to ... «Reuters, Apr 15»
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ISIS' legacy in Tikrit: booby traps, IEDs and fear
As Iraqi forces, aided by Shiite militiamen, took control Wednesday of the northern city of Tikrit, they found vehicles laden with explosives and buildings that ... «CNN, Apr 15»

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