Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun karbala

1 sense of karbala

Sense 1
Kerbala, Karbala, Kerbela -- (a city of central Iraq to the south of Baghdad; a holy city for Shiite Muslims because it is the site of the tomb of Mohammed's grandson who was killed there in 680)
       INSTANCE OF=> city, metropolis, urban center -- (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts; "Ancient Troy was a great city")