Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kaaba

/ˈkɑːbə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.27 in modern English

Syllables: kaa-ba
IPA: /ˈkɑːbə/

11

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The nearly cubical stone temple in Mecca, the holiest place in Islam and site of the great hajj assembly.

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَعْبَة (kaʕba, “cube”).

Inflected Forms

the Kaaba (canonical) Kabah (alternative) Kaabah (alternative) Ka'ba (alternative) Kaʻba (alternative) Ka'aba (alternative, nonstandard) Caaba (alternative, archaic) Cahaba (alternative, archaic) Qabah (alternative, archaic)

Frequently Paired Words

kiswah

Questions

How do you pronounce kaaba?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɑːbə/.
What does kaaba mean?: The nearly cubical stone temple in Mecca, the holiest place in Islam and site of the great hajj assembly.
Where does kaaba come from?: Borrowed from Arabic كَعْبَة (kaʕba, “cube”).

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