Karbala'

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَرْبَلَاء‎ (karbalāʾ).

Proper noun

Karbala'

  1. A city in central Iraq where Husayn ibn Ali was killed; a site of pilgrimage for Shiite Muslims.
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