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minaret

[min-uh-ret, min-uh-ret] / ˌmɪn əˈrɛt, ˈmɪn əˌrɛt /




NOUN
turret
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The center — its minaret visible for miles — draws congregants from across the globe.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

Monday's itinerary includes a visit to the Great Mosque of Algiers -- with the world's highest minaret -- and the Basilica of Our Lady of Africa, overlooking the Bay of Algiers.

From Barron's ● Apr. 13, 2026

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 of a mosque was tilting to one side.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2023

More precisely: a former mosque, with minaret torn down and Koranic inscriptions plastered over to provide a fresh canvas for the Christian saints that are, even now, being painted on the interior.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

"I could talk to you for three hours about the family lineages, the mosques' minarets and why the mud-brick walls never collapse in the rain," he told AFP.

From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026

The wheat and potato fields there run right up to the Gaza border fence, within sight of the apartment buildings, water towers and minarets of the Palestinian village of Abasan just beyond it.

From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2024

But, in Londonderry, there are no mosques or minarets.

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2024

The mediaeval minarets of Herat sustained some damage, photographs on social media showed, with cracks visible and tiles fallen off.

From Reuters ● Oct. 8, 2023

It looks like a giant shoe box next to the shiny curved dome of the mosque with two towering minarets.

From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan


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