Kerbela

[ kur-buh-luh ]

noun

1. a town in central Iraq: holy city of the Shiʿite sect.

Kerbela

/ ˈkɜːbələ /

noun

1. a variant of Karbala

Example Sentences

As soon as the weather cleared we made a run to Kerbela—a lovely town, with miles of gardens surrounding it and two great mosques.

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The dead are often conveyed hundreds of miles to be interred in Nejef and Kerbela.

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The Kerbelese resisted, and Kerbela was bombarded (hence the ruined condition of the old walls) and reduced with great slaughter.

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Three days of easy travelling brought us to Kerbela, for we did not care to push on fast, and four days more to Bagdad.

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Kerbela, which lies fifty miles north of Meshhed Ali, is physically quite unlike its rival.

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