Type Country Usage Arabic, English, Italian, Catalan, Malay Scripts عراق(Arabic) Pronounced Pron. ‘ee-RAK(Arabic) i-RAK(English) i-RAHK(English) ie-RAK(English) Meaning & History From Arabic العراق (al-'Iraq), probably derived from the name of the ancient Sumerian/Akkadian city of URUK. This is the name of a country in the Middle East.