minaret
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To reach Ghorjomi mosque, one of the biggest, we drove up hairpin mountain lanes, edged with blue hydrangeas, until we spotted the minaret.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025
The minaret was her husband's idea, and he sketched the initial design.
From BBC • Sep. 29, 2025
We have verified its location using visual clues such as the minaret of the Grand Mosque in Khan Younis.
From BBC • Oct. 31, 2023
A minaret looming above Moulay Brahim was severely damaged and appeared at risk of toppling if nudged by another tremor.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 9, 2023
I imagined the donkey my father mentioned standing there under the minaret the way Souma had stood in the shelter after the war.
From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat
Vocabulary lists containing minaret
Built To Last: Architectural Parlance
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English Words Derived from Arabic
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National Spelling Bee '14: Prelims Round 2
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