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Definition: CAABA |
CAABANoun1. The small and nearly cubical stone building, toward which all Mohammedans must pray. |
Date "CAABA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1832. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Satire | CAABA, n. A large stone presented by the archangel Gabriel to the patriarch Abraham, and preserved at Mecca. The patriarch had perhaps asked the archangel for bread. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Literature | Caaba (3 syl.). The shrine of Mecca, said by the Arabs to be built on the exact spot of the tabernacle let down from heaven at the prayer of repentant Adam. Adam had been a wanderer for 200 years, and here received pardon. The shrine was built, according to Arab tradition, by Ishmael, assisted by his father Abraham, who inserted in the walls a black stone "presented to him by the angel Gabriel." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: CAABA |
| Specialty definitions using "CAABA": Stones. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "CAABA" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Portuguese (caaba), Spanish (caaba). |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
caaba | 5 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "CAABA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | guri i shenjtë në mekë. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | кааба. (various references) | |
Hungarian | kábakõ mekkában. (various references) | |
Indonesian | ka'bah. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aabacay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | caaba. (various references) | |
Russian | кааба. (various references) | |
Spanish | caaba. (various references) | |
Swedish | kaaba. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "CAABA" (pronounced 'Ca*a"ba'): Abba, Algaroba, Amoeba, Araba, Arroba, Baba, Calumba, Carnauba, Columba, Coscoroba, Dagoba, Gamba, Gleba, Juba, Koolokamba, marimba, Mustaiba, Peba, tuba, Yerba, Zareba. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: abaca. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-b-c" | |
-2 letters: aba, baa, cab. | |
-3 letters: aa, ab, ba. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-a-b-c" | |
+1 letter: abacas, cabala, cabana, casaba. | |
+2 letters: arabica, bacalao, baccara, cabalas, cabanas, cabbala, carabao, caramba, casabas, cassaba, catawba. | |
+3 letters: abapical, abrachia, anabatic, arabicas, bacalaos, baccaras, baccarat, barranca, cabbalah, cabbalas, calabash, capybara, carabaos, carnauba, cassabas, catawbas, maccabaw. | |
+4 letters: abrachias, acetabula, adiabatic, ambulacra, baccarats, bacchanal, balaclava, balmacaan, barracuda, barrancas, cabaletta, cabbalahs, capybaras, carambola, carbamate, carbonara, carnaubas, charabanc, katabatic, maccabaws, scarabaei. | |
+5 letters: abacterial, acetabular, ambulacral, attachable, bacchanals, balaclavas, balmacaans, barracouta, barracudas, batrachian, cabalettas, calabashes, candelabra, canvasback, carambolas, carbamates, carbonaras, charabancs, jaboticaba, sabbatical, scarabaeus. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 41 41 42 41 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .- .- -... .- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01000001 01000001 01000010 01000001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C A A B A |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0041 0041 0042 0041 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3735353635 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Expressions: Internet 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Rhymes 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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