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mezquita

mosque

noun mes-KEE-tah Rare

Origin: from Arabic masjid (place of prostration)

Usage Note

Mezquita entered Spanish during the Moorish presence in the Iberian Peninsula (711–1492). The famous Mezquita de Córdoba is one of the world's finest examples of Moorish architecture. Note qu before i preserves the /k/ sound. The word has no gender ambiguity: always feminine.

Examples

"La mezquita fue construida en el siglo X."

Natural Translation

The mosque was built in the 10th century.

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