Makkah

[ mak-kuh, -kah ]

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noun

Makkah

/ -kɑː; ˈmækə /

As soon as she got to Makkah, she threw herself at Aminah's feet and burst out supplicating as she kissed them.

The messenger returned, in company with the men of Makkah whose coming Bahira awaited on the threshold of his monastery.

When the pilgrims began to pour in, Walid and his accomplices were on the watch, posted on all the roads leading to Makkah.

The idolaters of Makkah would not have been more greatly impressed by the sight of the most astonishing miracle.

Labid ibn Rabyah, an illustrious poet, nailed one of his poems on the door of the Temple of Makkah.

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