Kaʿba

or Ka·ʿbah, Kaʿa·bah

[ kah-buh, kah-uh-buh ]

/ ˈkɑ bə, ˈkɑ ə bə /

noun

a small, cubical building in the courtyard of the Great Mosque at Mecca containing a sacred black stone: regarded by Muslims as the House of God and the objective of their pilgrimages.

one of several replicas of this building, sacred to pre-Islamic Arabs.

Origin of Kaʿba

First recorded in 1895–1900, Kaʿba is from the Arabic word kaʿbah

Example sentences from the Web for kaba

He went to Her on his way from Samarkand to make the circuit of the kaba, was there stopped, and made to remain by Sl.

The Bbur-nma in English |Babur, Emperor of Hindustan
The plan was a good one, but Kaba Rega, by having recourse to his old Fabian tactics, again baffled it.

The Life of Gordon, Volume I |Demetrius Charles Boulger
Simeon went on his way, and towards evening reached the oasis of Kaba.

I.N.R.I. |Peter Rosegger
This quatrain recalls one by the Mull.991 Kchk Mrz made the circuit of the kaba towards the end of his life.

The Bbur-nma in English |Babur, Emperor of Hindustan

Cook affirms that these islanders, like the Tahitans, were acquainted with "Kaba."

Celebrated Travels and Travellers |Jules Verne

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

Kaʿba

or Ka·ʿbah, Kaʿa·bah

noun

Origin of Kaʿba

Example sentences from the Web for kaba