ma'abara

See also: maabara

English

Etymology

From Hebrew מעבר.

Noun

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

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