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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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.

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

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

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

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

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