Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ma'abara

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ma'abara
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Etymology

From Hebrew מעבר.

Inflected Forms

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

Questions

What does ma'abara mean?: A type of refugee camp in Israel during the early 1950s, used mostly by new immigrants from North Africa and the Middle East.
Where does ma'abara come from?: From Hebrew מעבר.

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