qubba

[koob-uh]

noun

1. a small Moslem shrine.

Word History and Origins

Origin of qubba¹

From the Arabic word qubboh literally, dome

Example Sentences

"We are living in fear," said a resident of El-Obeid's Qubba neighbourhood, who asked to remain anonymous for security reasons.

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Still, he got one thing right that Saturday, as he sat on a golden-rimmed armchair at Cairo’s Qubba place.

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On Friday, Islamic State militants claimed responsibility for a series of bombing that killed at least 35 people in the eastern city of Qubba.

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Saleh, the parliament speaker, announced a seven-day mourning period in his hometown, and insisted that Friday's bombing in Qubba was revenge for the Egyptian airstrikes.

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Libyan army spokesman Mohammed Hegazi said that suspected Islamic militants bombed a gas station packed with motorists in the town of Qubba, about 19 miles from the city of Darna, a stronghold of Libya's Islamic State offshoot.

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