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Caaba


Ca-a′ba

(kȧ-ā′bȧ)
,
Noun.
[Ar.
ka’bah
, lit., a square building, fr.
ka'b
cube.]
The small and nearly cubical stone building, toward which all Muslims must pray.
[Written also
kaaba
.]
☞ The
Caaba
is situated in Mecca, a city of Arabia, and contains a famous black stone said to have been brought from heaven. Before the time of Mohammed, the
Caaba
was an idolatrous temple, but it has since been the chief sanctuary and object of pilgrimage of the Muslim world.

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Caaba

Caaba

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Proper noun

Caaba

  1. Alternative spelling of Kaaba

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Proper noun

Caaba f

  1. Alternative form of Kaaba