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Kaaba definition

Kaaba (kä′bə, kä′ə bə)

noun

the sacred Muslim shrine at Mecca, toward which believers turn when praying: it contains a black stone venerated as holy

Etymology: Ar kaʿba, lit., square building < kaʿb, a cube

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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