English Explanatory Dictionary

nakba

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In Arab contexts: a catastrophe; a grave setback.
name
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Nakba.
name
  1. The dispossession of land and other property, destruction of society, and suppression of culture and political rights experienced by Palestinian Arabs occuring since the 1948 Palestine war and establishment of the State of Israel.

Pronunciation

/ˈnɑːkbə/ /ˈnɑkbə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Nakba.wav En-uk-Nakba.ogg

Word forms

nakba nakbas the Nakba Nacba Naqba Al-Nakba

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَكْبَة (nakba, “disaster, catastrophe”); see further at Nakba.

Related words

48 48 Arab

Derived words

Nakba Day
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