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A country demonym denotes the people or the inhabitants of or from there; for example, "Germans" are people of or from Germany. Demonyms are given in plural forms. Singular forms simply remove the final s or, in the case of -ese endings, are the same as the plural forms. The ending -men has feminine equivalent -women (e.g. Irishman, Scotswoman).
The Iraqi people (Arabic: العراقيون; Kurdish: گهلی عێراق; Syriac: ܥܡܐ ܥܝܪܩܝܐ; Turkish: Iraklılar) are people originating from the country of Iraq. [ 1 ] Iraqi Arabs are the largest ethnic group in Iraq, [ 2 ] followed by Iraqi Kurds , then Iraqi Turkmen as the third largest ethnic group in the country.
In spite of the importance of this region, genetic studies on the Iraqi people are limited and generally restricted to analysis of classical markers due to Iraq's modern political instability, [38] although there have been several published studies displaying a genealogical connection between all Iraqi peoples and the neighboring countries ...
There are several suggested origins for the name. One dates to the Sumerian city of Uruk and is thus ultimately of Sumerian origin. [27] [28] Another possible etymology for the name is from the Middle Persian word erāq, meaning "lowlands." [29] An Arabic folk etymology for the name is "deeply rooted, well-watered; fertile". [30]
Iraqi nationalism is a form of nationalism that asserts the belief that Iraqis form a nation and promotes the cultural unity of Iraqis of different ethnoreligious groups such as Mesopotamian Arabs, Kurds, Turkmens, Assyrians (including Chaldeans and Syriacs), Yazidis, Mandeans, Shabaks and Yarsans.
The Emblem of Iraq since the rule of Baathism features a golden black eagle looking towards the viewer's left dexter.The eagle is the Eagle of Saladin associated with 20th-century pan-Arabism, bearing a shield of the Iraqi flag, and holding a scroll below with the Arabic words جمهورية العراق (Jumhūriyyat al-ʿIrāq – "Republic of Iraq").
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Much of the color-based classification relates to groups that were politically significant at different points in US history (e.g., part of a wave of immigrants), and these categories do not have an obvious label for people from other groups, such as people from the Middle East or Central Asia. [1]