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Karbala

[ kahr-buh-luh ]

noun



Karbala

/ ˈkɑːbələ /

noun

  1. a town in central Iraq: the chief holy city of Iraq and centre of Shiah Muslim pilgrimage; burial place of Mohammed's grandson Husain. Pop: 460 000 (2005 est)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

In nearby Karbala, a car bomb detonated near a police station, killing three and wounding 20 others.

He was killed on the tenth of Muharram (Ashura) in the year 680 on the plain of Karbala, in what is now Iraq.

“The blood of our martyrs [is] the continuation of the blood of the martyrs of Karbala,” he proclaimed.

A garland of cakes of Karbala clay is tied round the neck of the corpse.

The members of the highest degree reside at Karbala, the sacred city.

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