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ma'abara

ma'abara noun: a type of refugee camp in Israel during the early 1950s, used mostly by new immigrants from North Africa and the Middle East.

Noun

ma'abara (plural ma'abarot or ma'abaroth or ma'abaras)

  1. A type of refugee camp in Israel during the early 1950s, used mostly by new immigrants from North Africa and the Middle East.

Forms of ma'abara

pluralma'abarot
pluralma'abaroth
pluralma'abaras

Origin of ma'abara

From Hebrew מעבר.

Questions about ma'abara

What does ma'abara mean?
Ma'abara means a type of refugee camp in Israel during the early 1950s, used mostly by new immigrants from North Africa and the Middle East.
What part of speech is ma'abara?
Ma'abara is a noun.
What is the plural of ma'abara?
The plural of ma'abara is ma'abarot.

Words near ma'abara in the dictionary

  1. Ma On Shan
  2. Ma Tau Chung
  3. Ma Tovu
  4. Ma Tsu
  5. Ma Wan
  6. ma'abara
  7. ma'abaras
  8. ma'abarot
  9. ma'abaroth
  10. ma'am
  11. ma'am sandwich

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