Usually means: Site of significant Shiite martyrdom.
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  1. Karbala: Merriam-Webster
  2. Karbala: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Karbala: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Karbala: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. Karbala: Wordnik
  7. Karbala': Wiktionary
  8. Karbala: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. karbala: Dictionary.com
  10. Karbala (Cappadocia), Karbala (disambiguation), Karbala (film), Karbala: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Karbala: Rhymezone
  12. karbala: FreeDictionary.org
  13. karbala: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. Karbala: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Karbala, Karbala: Encyclopedia

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  1. Arab Gateway Quick Reference Glossary (external links) (No longer online)
  2. Encyclopedia of the Orient (No longer online)

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  1. Karbala: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See karbalas as well.)

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noun:  A city in central Iraq, site of the murder of Husayn ibn Ali and major pilgrimage destination for Shiite Muslims.

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