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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

mosque

/mɑsk/

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What does mosque mean?

noun

  1. A place of worship for Muslims, often having at least one minaret; a masjid.

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IPA pronunciation

/mɑsk/

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I drank tea in the Mosque at the end of Ramadan, and was surrounded by delighted faces as I sipped.
Lucie, Lady Duff GordonLetters from the CapeProject Gutenberg ebook #886
But, let one's fancy riot as it will, there is small fear of being disappointed in the "finest mosque in Constantinople."
Thomas StevensAround the World on a Bicycle - Volume I From San Francisco to TeheranProject Gutenberg ebook #5136
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He built a mosque and converted many of his subjects, so that from his reign Bruni may be considered a Mohammedan town.
Charles Hose; William McDougallThe Pagan Tribes of Borneo A Description of Their Physical Moral and Intellectual Condition, with Some Discussion of Their Ethnic RelationsProject Gutenberg ebook #3307
He it was who built the Jama Masjid, the great mosque set commandingly on a mound and gained by magnificent flights of steps.
E. V. (Edward Verrall) LucasRoving East and Roving WestProject Gutenberg ebook #7237
He found the approach to the Mosque choked up by ignoble buildings, and declares that as a whole it had neither beauty nor dignity.
Thomas WrightThe Life of Sir Richard BurtonProject Gutenberg ebook #4315