English Explanatory Dictionary

Dome of the Rock

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A shrine, located on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, which contains the Foundation Stone.

Word forms

Dome of the Rock the Dome of the Rock

Etymology

Calque of Arabic قبة الصخرة (qubbat aṣ-ṣaḵra), from صخرة (ṣaḵra, “rock”) + قبة (qubba, “dome”).

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