QIBLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Qibla mean? 

• QIBLA (noun)
  The noun QIBLA has 2 senses:

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

2. 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

  Familiarity information: QIBLA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• QIBLA (noun)

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

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))