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
The distance he fell equals the Makkah Clock Royal Tower in Saudi Arabia, one of the world's tallest buildings.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2023
Behind the bright billboards along the highway are a jumble of cranes, craters and piles of grey rubble in the ongoing construction of the $26 billion Masar Makkah development project.
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
The purchase-money, fixed at ten dinars, was advanced by Abu Bakr, who had transferred all his wealth from Makkah to Al-Madinah.
From The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah by Etienne Dinet
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