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Kaaba : (noun)
1: (Islam) a black stone building in Mecca that is shaped like
a cube and that is the most sacred Muslim pilgrim shrine;
believed to have been given by Gabriel to Abraham;
Muslims turn in its direction when praying [syn: Kaaba,
Caaba]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Caaba \Ca*a"ba\ (k[.a]*[=a]"b[.a]), n. [Ar. ka'bah, lit., a
square building, fr. ka'b cube.]
The small and nearly cubical stone building, toward which all
Mohammedans must pray. [Written also kaaba.]
Note: 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 Mohammedan
world.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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