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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 was her husband's idea, and he sketched the initial design.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2025

“Do you know that a long time ago a man fell from this minaret but was not harmed?”

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat

"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

Yildiz, a master of Mahya, the unique Turkish tradition of stringing religious messages and designs between minarets, is facing the twilight of a practice deeply ingrained in Turkish culture that is also taken for granted.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 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

I squint into the light, holding back a gasp as I take in the majestic onion-shaped domes and mustard and terra-cotta walls that connect four minarets, each topped with bright tiles.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan


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