Dome of the Rock

English

Etymology

Calque of Arabic قبة الصخرة (qubbat aṣ-ṣaḵra), from صخرة (ṣaḵra, “rock”) + قبة (qubba, “dome”).

Proper noun

the Dome of the Rock

  1. A shrine, located on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, which contains the Foundation Stone.

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