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Kaaba

Kaa·ba [ kbə ]


noun 
Definition:
 
holy Islamic site: a square building inside the great mosque in Mecca, containing a sacred stone Black Stone said to have been given by God. It is the most holy site in the Islamic religion.

[Early 17th century. < Arabic, "the square house"]
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