Kaaba
noun/ˈkɑːbə/
/ˈkɑːbə/
(also Caaba)
[singular]- the building in the centre of the Great Mosque in Mecca, the site that is most holy to Muslims and towards which they must face when they are prayingTopics Religion and festivalsc2, Buildingsc2Word Originfrom Arabic (al-)ka‘ba, literally ‘(the) cubic house’.
Want to learn more?
Find out which words work together and produce more natural sounding English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app.
Check pronunciation:
Kaaba