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Kaaba
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Kaaba

Cubical shrine in Mecca, Saudi Arabia; direction of prayer for Muslims

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Also known as Sacred House · The Cube · Kabah · Kaba · Kabbah · Grand Kaaba

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  • 680s
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145 statements · 9% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

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  • 🕋 unicode code point: 1F54B · statement is subject of: 🕋
Native label
  • الكعبة transliteration or transcription: al-Kaʿba · ala-lc romanization: al-Kaʻbah · vocalized name: ٱلْكَعْبَة
  • الكعبة المشرفة transliteration or transcription: al-Kaʿba l-Mušarrafa · ala-lc romanization: al-Kaʻbah al-Musharrafah · vocalized name: ٱلْكَعْبَة ٱلْمُشَرَّفَة
IPA transcription
  • al.ˈkaʕ.ba applies to name of subject: الكعبة
  • al.ˈkaʕ.ba‿l.mu.ˈʃar.ra.fa applies to name of subject: الكعبة المشرفة
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  • 119 m²
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102 identifiers linking Kaaba across the web's reference databases