Explore Nakba through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Nakba in a sentence
Nakba meaning
In Arab contexts: a catastrophe; a grave setback.
Using Nakba
- The main meaning on this page is: In Arab contexts: a catastrophe; a grave setback.
- In the example corpus, nakba often appears in combinations such as: the nakba, nakba or, their nakba.
Context around Nakba
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 12 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Nakba
- In this selection, "nakba" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, enjoy, 1948, historical, event, rashida and day stand out and add context to how "nakba" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a second nakba and about the nakba that is. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "nakba" sits close to words such as abstention, acadiana and actuarial, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with nakba
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Is Israel preparing another Nakba for Gaza? (7 words)
Chikli said “J Street pushed for her Nakba event in Congress. (11 words)
If you’ve never learned about the Nakba, you must now. (11 words)
For some, it is reminiscent of the Nakba, or catastrophe, that unfolded amid the 1948 Arab-Israeli war when villages were taken over by Israelis and renamed as hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled from their lands. (37 words)
With the unbelievable heartbreak that is now being suffered on all sides, it serves no one to put forward falsehoods, especially about the author of a novel about the Nakba that is so historically true. (35 words)
They refer to Israel’s establishment as the Nakba, or catastrophe, when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled or were expelled from their homes during the war surrounding Israel’s establishment as a state. (34 words)
Is Israel preparing another Nakba for Gaza? (7 words)
Example sentences (20)
Mr. Kallner on Oct. 8. “Nakba in Gaza and Nakba to anyone who dares to join!” he added.
Chikli said “J Street pushed for her Nakba event in Congress.
Enjoy Nakba, Rashida, and may you celebrate many more for years to come.
For some, it is reminiscent of the Nakba, or catastrophe, that unfolded amid the 1948 Arab-Israeli war when villages were taken over by Israelis and renamed as hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled from their lands.
Hammad’s spans generations of the conflict, from the 1948 Nakba to the 1993 Oslo Accords to present-day.
Is Israel preparing another Nakba for Gaza?
The day after that declaration -- May 15 -- came to be known as Nakba Day.
The exodus has also been likened to the historical “Nakba” – meaning catastrophe in Arabic – by a teenage girl quoted by CNN.
They again lobbied hard 75 years later to prevent the Nakba commemoration, but they lost – badly.
They refer to Israel’s establishment as the Nakba, or catastrophe, when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled or were expelled from their homes during the war surrounding Israel’s establishment as a state.
Tlaib’s event on Wednesday, called “Nakba 75 & the Palestinian People,” featured the Arabic word for “catastrophe” that Palestinians use to describe the dispersion.
Today, as we witness the indiscriminate killing of Palestinians in Gaza, with Israel having dropped over 6,000 bombs in six days, some say we are witnessing a second nakba.
Whoever thought that the grandchildren of exiled refugees would forget the Nakba is a fool who doesn’t understand the human psyche, least of all that of Palestinians.
With the unbelievable heartbreak that is now being suffered on all sides, it serves no one to put forward falsehoods, especially about the author of a novel about the Nakba that is so historically true.
After the Nakba Israel established itself on 72% of the land of Mandatory Palestine which in 1945 was only 30% Jewish by population.
Avi Dichter, Israel’s Minister of Agriculture, declared, “We are now actually rolling out the Gaza Nakba,” a reference to the 1948 ethnic cleansing of Palestinians to create the state of Israel.
Farag discussed the Nakba, which is widely recognized as the mass displacement and dispossession of Palestinians during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.
Her family had been expelled twice, first in the Nakba of 1948, and then again in 1967.
If you’ve never learned about the Nakba, you must now.
I remembered when I wrote article about Nakba, I asked my grandmother about how the experience was, that he died for the last two years.
Common combinations with nakba
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the nakba 18×
- nakba or 7×
- their nakba 5×
- nakba day 4×
- nakba to 2×
- nakba for 2×
- nakba meaning 2×
- nakba the 2×
- nakba which 2×
- nakba of 2×