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Definition of Tabuk
1. Noun. A city in northwestern Saudi Arabia.
Group relationships: Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tabuk
Literary usage of Tabuk
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Origins of the Islamic State, Being a Translation from the Arabic by Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá Balādhurī, Philip Khuri Hitti (1916)
"When in the year 9 the Prophet marched to tabuk in Syria for the invasion of
those of the Greeks ... he met no resistance.1 So he spent a few days in tabuk, ..."
2. Publications by Oriental Translation Fund (1893)
"Some have alleged that tabuk is the name of a place between Hajar and the first
limits of Syria; others, however, insist that it is the name of a fort; ..."
3. Mohammed and Mohammedanism Critically Considered by Sigismund Wilhelm Koelle (1889)
"... liberty and faith—as we shall see in the next paragraph—had already commenced
to arrive, when the ostentatious march to and from tabuk was carried out. ..."
4. The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon: From Ifugao to Kalinga, a Ride Through by Cornélis De Witt Willcox (1912)
"tabuk.—The party breaks up,—Desolate plain.— The Cagayan Valley.—-Endle.
The morning of Friday, May i3th, broke clear after a night of hard rain. ..."
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