Baghdad

Baghdad
Baghdad a pre-Islamic name apparently of Indo-European origin and probably meaning "gift of god," with the first element related to Rus. bog "god" and the second to English DONOR (Cf. donor). Marco Polo (13c.) wrote it Baudac.

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