English Explanatory Dictionary

Hira

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. the grotto or cave, in Saudi Arabia, where Muhammad first received the Qur'an from Gabriel.

Word forms

Hira

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حِرَاء (ḥirāʔ).

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