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- [kah-buh, kah-uh-buh]
- /ˈkɑ bə, ˈkɑ ə bə/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kah-buh, kah-uh-buh]
- /ˈkɑ bə, ˈkɑ ə bə/
Definitions of ka`ba word
- noun ka`ba a small, cubical building in the courtyard of the Great Mosque at Mecca containing a sacred black stone: regarded by Muslims as the House of God and the objective of their pilgrimages. 1
- noun ka`ba one of several replicas of this building, sacred to pre-Islamic Arabs. 1
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Origin of ka`ba
First appearance:
before 1895 One of the 18% newest English words
First recorded in 1895-1900, Kaʿba is from the Arabic word kaʿbah
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Parts of speech for Ka`ba
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
ka`ba popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".