Nakba

Etymology
From, from.

Proper noun

 * 1) The fracturing, dispossession and displacement of Palestinian society, following the declaration of Israel on what had been most of Mandatory Palestine, including the flight or expulsion of the majority of the Palestinian Arabs (some 700,000) and the destruction of their homes.
 * 2) * 2002, Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, Written statement,
 * The ongoing Nakba perpetrated by Israel against Palestinians since 1948 is characterized by a new form of Apartheid, including elements of the crime of Apartheid as defined in the  [Apartheid Convention], colonialism and other forms of extreme racism practiced by Israel[.]

Usage notes

 * This term is sometimes found with the Arabic definite article, as , instead of the English definite article the.
 * This term is primarily used by Arabs. Jews refer to the same event as the Israeli War of Independence.

Translations

 * Arabic: نَكْبَة, اَلنَّكْبَة
 * Belarusian: на́кба
 * Bengali: নকবা
 * French:
 * German: Nakba
 * Greek: νάκμπα
 * Hebrew: הנכבה
 * Hindi: नक्बत, नक्बा
 * Japanese: ナクバ
 * Korean: 나크바
 * Persian:
 * Russian: на́кба
 * Spanish: nakba
 * Tajik: накбат
 * Ukrainian: на́кба
 * Urdu: نَکْبَت