"Nakba" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈnɑːkbə/ Forms: the Nakba [canonical]
Etymology: From Arabic نَكْبَة (nakba, “disaster, catastrophe”), from نَكَبَ (nakaba, “to make miserable”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ar|ن ك ب}}, {{bor|en|ar|نَكْبَة||disaster, catastrophe}} Arabic نَكْبَة (nakba, “disaster, catastrophe”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|the=1}} the Nakba
  1. The fracturing, dispossession and displacement of Palestinian society, following the declaration of Israel on what had been most of Mandatory Palestine, including the flight or expulsion of the majority of the Palestinian Arabs (some 700,000) and the destruction of their homes. Wikipedia link: Nakba Categories (place): Palestine Synonyms: Naqba, Nacba, nakba, Al-Nakba (english: with the Arabic definite article) Derived forms: Nakba Day, Nakba denial Related terms: 48, 48 Arab (english: Palestinian slang term referring to Arabs who reside within Israel) Translations (Nakba): نَكْبَة (nakba) [feminine] (Arabic), اَلنَّكْبَة (an-nakba) [feminine] (Arabic), на́кба (nákba) [feminine] (Belarusian), নকবা (nokba) (Bengali), nakba [feminine] (French), Nakba [feminine] (German), νάκμπα (nákmpa) [feminine] (Greek), הנכבה (ha-nákba) [feminine] (Hebrew), नक्बत (nakbat) [feminine] (Hindi), नक्बा (nakbā) (Hindi), ナクバ (nakuba) (Japanese), 나크바 (nakeuba) (Korean), نَکْبَت (nakbat) (Persian), на́кба (nákba) [feminine] (Russian), nakba [feminine] (Spanish), накбат (nakbat) (Tajik), на́кба (nákba) [feminine] (Ukrainian), نَکْبَت (nakbat) [feminine] (Urdu)

Alternative forms

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