Kaaba

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/ˈkɑːbə/

proper noun

The nearly cubical stone temple in Mecca, the holiest place in Islam and site of the great hajj assembly.

OriginArabic كَعْبَة →
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Meanings

proper nounthe Kaaba

alternative Kabah · alternative Kaabah · alternative Ka'ba · alternative Kaʻba · alternative nonstandard proscribed Ka'aba · alternative archaic Caaba · alternative archaic Cahaba · alternative archaic Qabah

  1. IslamThe nearly cubical stone temple in Mecca, the holiest place in Islam and site of the great hajj assembly.

Origin

  1. Arabicكَعْبَة
  2. Arabicكَعْبَة
  3. EnglishKaaba

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

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Translations

Arabic الْكَعْبَة, الْكَعْبَةُ ٱلْمُشَرَّفَة
  • الْكَعْبَة (al-kaʕba)cubical stone temple in Mecca
  • الْكَعْبَةُ ٱلْمُشَرَّفَة (al-kaʕbatu l-mušarrafa)cubical stone temple in Mecca
Bengali কাবা, খানে কাবা
  • কাবা (kaba)cubical stone temple in Mecca
  • খানে কাবা (khane kaba)cubical stone temple in Mecca
  • কাবাঘর (kabaghor)cubical stone temple in Mecca
Bulgarian Кааба
  • Кааба (Kaaba)cubical stone temple in Mecca
Chinese Mandarin 克爾白 /克尔白, 天房
  • 克爾白 /克尔白 (Kè'ěrbái)cubical stone temple in Mecca
  • 天房 (Tiānfáng)cubical stone temple in Mecca
Danish Ka'ba
  • Ka'bacubical stone temple in Mecca
Dutch Ka'aba
  • Ka'abacubical stone temple in Mecca
Esperanto Kaabo
  • Kaabocubical stone temple in Mecca
Estonian Kaaba
  • Kaabacubical stone temple in Mecca
Finnish Kaaba
  • Kaabacubical stone temple in Mecca
French Ka'ba
  • Ka'bacubical stone temple in Mecca
German Kaaba
  • Kaabacubical stone temple in Mecca
Greek Κάαμπα
  • Κάαμπα (Káampa)cubical stone temple in Mecca
Hebrew כַּעְבָּה
  • כַּעְבָּה (ka'ba)cubical stone temple in Mecca
Hindi काबा
  • काबा (kābā)cubical stone temple in Mecca
Hungarian Kába
  • Kábacubical stone temple in Mecca
Icelandic Kaba
  • Kabacubical stone temple in Mecca
Indonesian Ka'bah
  • Ka'bahcubical stone temple in Mecca
Italian Ka'ba
  • Ka'bacubical stone temple in Mecca
Japanese カアバ
  • カアバ (Kaaba)cubical stone temple in Mecca
Lithuanian Kaaba
  • Kaabacubical stone temple in Mecca
Malay Kaabah
  • Kaabahcubical stone temple in Mecca
Norwegian Kaba
  • Kabacubical stone temple in Mecca
Persian کعبه
  • کعبه (ka'be)cubical stone temple in Mecca
Polish Kaaba
  • Kaabacubical stone temple in Mecca
Portuguese Caaba
  • Caabacubical stone temple in Mecca
Russian Ка́аба
  • Ка́аба (Káaba)cubical stone temple in Mecca
Slovak Kába
  • Kábacubical stone temple in Mecca
Spanish Kaaba
  • Kaabacubical stone temple in Mecca
Swahili Kaaba
  • Kaabacubical stone temple in Mecca
Swedish Kaba
  • Kabacubical stone temple in Mecca
Tamil காபா
  • காபா (kāpā)cubical stone temple in Mecca
Thai กะอฺบะหฺ
  • กะอฺบะหฺ (gà’bàh)cubical stone temple in Mecca
Turkish Kâbe
  • Kâbecubical stone temple in Mecca
Urdu کعبہ
  • کعبہ (ka'ba)cubical stone temple in Mecca

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

Kaaba. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kaaba

MLA

“Kaaba.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kaaba. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kaaba,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kaaba.

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