haj

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Saudi Arabia will remove COVID-19 restrictions for the 2023 haj season and host pre-pandemic numbers of pilgrims, the kingdom's ministry of haj and umrah said on Monday.

From Reuters • Jan. 10, 2023

In 2019, the last year before the pandemic struck, some 2.6 million people performed the haj.

From Reuters • Jan. 9, 2023

About 19 million also took part annually in the umrah, another form of pilgrimage to Mecca which - unlike the haj - can be carried out at any time of the year, before the pandemic.

From Reuters • Jan. 9, 2023

Jan 2006: Three hundred and sixty-two Muslim pilgrims are crushed to death at the eastern entrance of the Jamarat Bridge when pilgrims jostle to perform the haj stoning ritual.

From Reuters • Oct. 29, 2022

Ni estos kvin pleje haj ili sep malpleje = We shall be five at most and they seven at least.

From The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary by Cox, George