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Kaa·ba | \ ˈkä-bə 
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\Definition of Kaaba
: a small stone building in the court of the Great Mosque at Mecca that contains a sacred black stone and is the goal of Islamic pilgrimage and the point toward which Muslims turn in praying
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The first known use of Kaaba was in 1734
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