Makkah
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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As builders toiled on a new multi-storey building on the main shopping street, Makkah Almukarramah Avenue, resident Habib Farah pointed out its big glass windows.
From Barron's • Nov. 24, 2025
Other multi-billion-dollar projects of tower complexes, like Jabal Omar and Thakher Makkah, talk about “lively, all-inclusive communities” and “balanced spirituality.”
From Seattle Times • Jun. 29, 2023
Kamahri Davis, 13, and Makkah Davis, 1, were found safe, D.C. police said, about 1:10 p.m.
From Washington Post • Aug. 8, 2018
Qari Asim, chief imam of the Makkah mosque in Leeds, said: "Many refugees with close family members in the UK are risking their lives trying to escape deplorable conditions."
From BBC • Sep. 11, 2016
Henceforward, every Mussulman of Al-Madinah had for brother a Mussulman of Makkah.
From The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah by Dinet, Etienne
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