mezquita

English

Etymology

Spanish

Noun

mezquita (plural mezquitas)

  1. (dated) A mosque.

Asturian

Noun

mezquita f (plural mezquites)

  1. (Islam) mosque (a place of worship for Muslims)

Spanish

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic مَسْجِد‎ (masjid, “mosque”, literally “place of prostration”), from the verbal root سَجَدَ‎ (sajada, “to prostrate, bow down”).

Pronunciation

  • (Castilian) IPA(key): /meθˈkita/, [meθˈkit̪a]
  • (Latin America) IPA(key): /mesˈkita/, [mesˈkit̪a]
  • Rhymes: -ita

Noun

mezquita f (plural mezquitas)

  1. mosque (place of worship for Muslims)
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