Etymograph

English

Vietraq

Blend of Vietnam + Iraq; coined shortly before the Iraq War that began in 2003.

A blend of Vietnam + Iraq

Vietnamese Việt Nam

English Vietnam

Arabic عِرَاق ‘shore, edge, any land next to water’

Arabic الْعِرَاق

English Iraq

The story

Blend of Vietnam + Iraq; coined shortly before the Iraq War that began in 2003.

Today it means

name The Iraq War, implying similarity with the Vietnam War where an earlier cessation of conflict might have avoided needless casualties.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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