karbala in English

noun
1
a city in southern Iraq; population 475,000 (est. 2003). A holy city for Shiite Muslims, it is the site of the tomb of Husayn , grandson of Muhammad, who was killed here in ad 680.

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1. Karbala is the capital of Karbala Governorate, and has an estimated population of 700,000 people (2015).

2. These officials are already in place in Karbala and working.

3. In retaliation for the Iranian Operation Karbala 5, Iraq attacked 65 cities in 226 sorties over 42 days, bombing civilian neighbourhoods.

4. Shia Muslim women attend the festival of Arbaeen, one of the holiest days in their religious calendar, at the Imam Abbas shrine in Karbala, Iraq.

5. At least 40 people have been killed and more than 140 wounded by bombs apparently been aimed at Shia pilgrims on the final day of a religious ceremony in the Iraqi city of Karbala.