Nakba Day

proper noun

A Palestinian annual holiday on the 15th of May to commemorate the Nakba, the 1948 expulsion of Palestinians from their homes.

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proper noun
  1. A Palestinian annual holiday on the 15th of May to commemorate the Nakba, the 1948 expulsion of Palestinians from their homes.

    The US and UK are expected to stay away from the UN General Assembly’s first-ever commemoration of Nakba Day on May 15. Israel called on UN member states to shun the event held 75 years after Arab armies attacked the nascent Jewish state on that same day in 1948.

    2023 May 8, Lahav Harkov, Tovah Lazaroff, “UK and US to shun UN 'Nakba Day' event as Israel calls for boycott”, in The Jerusalem Post
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APA

Nakba Day. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nakba%20Day

MLA

“Nakba Day.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nakba%20Day. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Nakba Day,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nakba%20Day.

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