Kaaba
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Kaaba
from Arabic ka`bah, from ka`b cube
Example Sentences
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The white-robed pilgrims on buses or on foot arrived at the sprawling encampment in Mina after performing the "tawaf" -- walking seven times around the Kaaba, the giant black cube at Mecca's Grand Mosque.
From Barron's ● May 25, 2026
His finance minister is left to explain the closing of big projects like Neom, a 105-mile-long city, or the Mukaab, a 1,300-foot cube-shaped skyscraper resembling the Kaaba shrine in Mecca.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026
The pilgrims headed to Mecca's Grand Mosque, Islam's holiest site, and circled the Kaaba three times - a ritual known as tawaf.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2025
The Hajj concludes on Friday, as pilgrims circle the cube-shaped Kaaba for a final time and then depart from the holy city.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 30, 2023
Tear-shaped, white with black numbers, the compasses have a drawing of the Kaaba stone at the center.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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