Library / English Dictionary

QIBLA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small terrorist group of Muslims in South Africa formed in the 1980s; was inspired by Ayatollah Khomeini to create an Islamic state in South Africa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Instance hypernyms:

foreign terrorist organization; FTO; terrorist group; terrorist organization (a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals)

Domain category:

act of terrorism; terrorism; terrorist act (the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear)

Domain region:

Republic of South Africa; South Africa (a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers))

Sense 2

Meaning:

The direction of the Kaaba toward which Muslims turn for their daily prayers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("qibla" is a kind of...):

direction; way (a line leading to a place or point)

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