1. 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; [syn: Kerbala, Karbala, Kerbela]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Kerbala
n 1: 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 [syn:
Kerbala, Karbala, Kerbela]