kerbala

1. 1.

   a city of central Iraq to the south of Baghdad; a holy city for Shiite Muslims because it is the site of the tomb of Mohammed's grandson who was killed there in 680

   SynonymsKarbalaKerbela

   Broadercity

   Part ofIraq

Other forms of kerbala

plural

kerbalas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about kerbala

What does kerbala mean?

kerbala means "a city of central Iraq to the south of Baghdad; a holy city for Shiite Muslims because it is the site of the tomb of Mohammed's grandson who was killed there in 680".

How many syllables are in kerbala?

kerbala has 3 syllables: ker-ba-la. The stress falls on "ker".

What is another word for kerbala?

Close synonyms include Karbala, Kerbela. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is kerbala a common word?

kerbala is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.