Ka'ba

Ka•'ba or Ka•'bah or Ka'a•bah

[[t]ˈkɑ bə, ˈkɑ ə bə[/t]] n.

ear a small cubical building in the courtyard of the central mosque in Mecca, containing a sacred black stone: the chief object of Muslim pilgrimages

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Etymology: 1730–40; < Ar ka‘bah