"Nakba Day" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Nakba Day}} Nakba Day
  1. A Palestinian annual holiday on the 15th of May to commemorate the Nakba, the 1948 expulsion of Palestinians from their homes. Categories (place): Palestine

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