Kaaba

British  

/ ˈkɑːbə /

noun

1. a cube-shaped building in Mecca, the most sacred Muslim pilgrim shrine, into which is built the black stone believed to have been given by Gabriel to Abraham. Muslims turn in its direction when praying

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Etymology

Origin of Kaaba

from Arabic ka`bah, from ka`b cube

Example Sentences

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Kaaba

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

“Maybe when people come they will forget about the Kaaba … and focus on the buildings and highways,” he said.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 29, 2023

Next to it is a framed photo of the black-robed Kaaba, holiest sanc­tum of Islam, surrounded by a ten-thousandfold swirl of the faithful.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel