Karbala - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Karbala :  (noun)

1: a city of central Iraq 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 [syn: Kerbala, Karbala, Kerbela]

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