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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Origin and Etymology of kaaba
Arabic kaʽba, literally, cubic building
First Known Use: 1734
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