Sabra

Borrowed from Hebrew צַבָּר (tsabár, “prickly pear cactus”).

Sabra (plural Sabras)

1. A native-born Israeli.
   • 1979, Clive Sinclair, Hearts of Gold, Penguin, published 1983, page 45:

     One night a real Israeli came to speak. I had never seen a sabra before.

   • 2006, Peter Godwin, When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa:

     Even the phoenix of Zionism that rose from those ashes--the muscular sabras trying to reestablish a home in an unforgiving land surrounded by hostile Arabs--resonated too closely with my white African narrative.

Sabra

1. A female given name

• Arabs, Baars, Baras, Basra, abras, arbas, sabar