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sa⋅bra

  [sah-bruh, -brah]
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–noun
(sometimes initial capital letter) a person born in Israel.
Origin:
1940–45; < colloquial ModHeb sabre lit., prickly pear < Ar ṣabrah
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sa·bra   (sä'brə)   
n.  A native-born Israeli.

[Hebrew ṣābār, sabra, prickly pear; see ṣbr in Semitic roots.]
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Sabra 
"Jew born in Palestine (or, after 1948, Israel)," 1945, from Mod.Heb. sabrah, lit. "prickly pear."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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