KAABA


Meaning of KAABA in English

[ 'kα:əbə ]

(also Caaba )

■ noun a square building in Mecca, the site most holy to Muslims, containing a sacred black stone.

Origin

from Arab. (al-)ka῾ba , lit. '(the) square house'.

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