Etymology

Kaaba

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Today it means: The nearly cubical stone temple in Mecca, the holiest place in Islam and site of the great hajj assembly. Full definition →

Arabic كَعْبَة
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  1. Arabic · borrowed fromكَعْبَة
  2. Arabic · borrowed fromكَعْبَة
  3. English todayKaaba

Borrowed from Arabic كَعْبَة (kaʕba, “cube”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.