ribat
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of ribat
From the Arabic word ribāṭ hostelry
Example Sentences
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“We are here to acknowledge the great contribution he made to Papua New Guinea,” PNG Cardinal John Ribat told mourners.
From Reuters • Mar. 12, 2021
Later, forces took Ribat mosque, Sirte's biggest, where senior militants, including leading Islamic State ideologue Turki Ben Ali, had preached, the forces' media office said.
From Reuters • Aug. 21, 2016
Archbishop John Ribat of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, who is the president of the Federation of Episcopal Conferences of Oceania, said islands had been especially hard hit by climate-induced rising sea levels.
From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2015
Ribat Qila is at the point of a triangle where Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan meet.
From Time Magazine Archive
My 400-mile journey from the southwestern Pakistani town of Quetta to Ribat Qila took 13 hours by pickup truck, the last part of it on a dirt track, slaloming between huge boulders.
From Time Magazine Archive
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