Caaba

British  

/ ˈkɑːbə /

noun

1. a variant spelling of Kaaba

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Example Sentences

He then prayed for a bit of fertile land, and immediately a mountain from Syria appeared, performed Tawaf round the Caaba, and then settled down yonder at Tayf.

From The Days of Mohammed by Wilson, Anna May

The priest's eager glance sought for the Caaba.

From The Days of Mohammed by Wilson, Anna May

That part of the temple at Mecca which is chiefly revered, and, indeed, gives a sanctity to the rest, is a square stone building called the Caaba, probably from its quadrangular form.

From Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale by Beckford, William

A sixth Caaba was built by the children of Kahtan, into whose tribe, say the Arabs, Ismail was married.

From The Days of Mohammed by Wilson, Anna May

"Hashem," say the authors of the "Modern Universal History," "succeeded his father Abd al Menaf in the principality of the Koreish, and consequently in the government of Mecca, and the custody of the Caaba."

From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)