Meaning

1 senses

  1. In Arab contexts: a catastrophe; a grave setback.

Examples

4 sentences

  1. The UN is commemorating the Nakba.

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  2. Israelis are having their own Nakba.

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  3. The Nakba is comparable in scale to one of Stalin's ethnic removals.

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  4. The Nakba is a complex historical event, with differing narratives and interpretations between Israelis and Palestinians.

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Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: nakbas
Singularnakba
Pluralnakbas

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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