Kaʿba
or Ka·ʿbah, Kaʿa·bah
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.
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Cook affirms that these islanders, like the Tahitans, were acquainted with "Kaba."
Celebrated Travels and Travellers | Jules VerneThe 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 BoulgerHaving thus raised them to a pitch of the wildest excitement, he advanced from Kaba.
Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 | F. R. WingateMuch attention was paid to preserving the genealogy, and the word for “of noble birth” was ah kaba, “he who has a name.”
The Maya Chronicles | VariousTsong-Kaba himself withdrew into the most absolute retirement, avoiding even the presence of his parents.
Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China | Evariste Regis Huc
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