al-Nakba Syllabification: (al-Nak·ba)Pronunciation: /al ˈnakbä/Definition of al-Nakba noun the Arabic term for the events of 1948, when many Palestinians were displaced from their homeland by the creation of the new state of Israel. Origin:from Arabic, literally 'the disaster'al-Nakba in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of al-Nakba in the British & World English dictionary
