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proper noun

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The correct spelling is nakba. The foundation of the State of Israel and subsequent expulsion or flight of the majority of the Palestinian Arabs (some 700,000) among its residents, perceived as a catastrophe…

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proper noun

  1. 1.The foundation of the State of Israel and subsequent expulsion or flight of the majority of the Palestinian Arabs (some 700,000) among its residents, perceived as a catastrophe by many Palestinians and others.

noun

  1. 1.In Arab contexts: a catastrophe; a grave setback.

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