Defn: The small and nearly cubical stone building, toward which all
Mohammedans must pray. [Written also kaaba.]
Note: The Caaba is situated in Mecca, a city of Arabia, and contains a famous black stone said to have been brought from heaven. Before the time of Mohammed, the Caaba was an idolatrous temple, but it has since been the chief sanctuary and object of pilgrimage of the Mohammedan world.
CAADA
Ca*ña"da, n. [Sp.]
Defn: A small cañon; a narrow valley or glen; also, but less frequently, an open valley. [Local, Western U. S.]
CAAS
Caas, n. sing. & pl.
Defn: Case. [Obs.] Chaucer.
CAATINGA
Caa*tin"ga, n. [Tupi caa-tinga white forest.] (Phytogeography)
Defn: A forest composed of stunted trees and thorny bushes, found in areas of small rainfall in Brazil.
CAB
Cab, n. Etym: [Abbrev. fr. cabriolet.]
1. A kind of close carriage with two or four wheels, usually a public vehicle. "A cab came clattering up." Thackeray.