masjid
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of masjid
Arabic; see mosque
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Kamala is also part of the region’s Muslim, South Asian community, where she knows the halal food cart vendors and attends Friday prayers at the neighborhood masjid.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2022
Shakur, 36, who lives in Southeast Washington, met Daye at a masjid, or mosque, in Baltimore, and the pair became fast friends.
From Washington Post • Mar. 29, 2021
One of the first was built in 1929, by Syrian and Lebanese homesteaders who constructed a masjid in Ross, N.D., a mosque that still exists today.
From New York Times • Sep. 17, 2020
Our imam at our masjid brought to the prayer a big box stuffed with tiny American flags.
From Slate • Sep. 11, 2020
I said a hasty good-bye to him and walked around to the small parking lot at the back of the masjid.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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