English Explanatory Dictionary

Karbala

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city in central Iraq, site of the murder of Husayn ibn Ali and major pilgrimage destination for Shiite Muslims.

Word forms

Karbala Karbala' Kerbala Kerbela

Etymology

From Arabic كَرْبَلَاء (karbalāʔ), of uncertain etymology.

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