English Explanatory Dictionary

Kaaba

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The nearly cubical stone temple in Mecca, the holiest place in Islam and site of the great hajj assembly.

Pronunciation

/ˈkɑːbə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-Kaaba.wav

Word forms

Kaaba the Kaaba Kabah Kaabah Ka'ba Kaʻba Ka'aba Caaba Cahaba Qabah

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَعْبَة (kaʕba, “cube”).

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