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Where does “mégamosquée” come from?

mégamosquée (French) comes from French mosquée, from Italian moschea, from Spanish mezquita, from Arabic مَسْجِد, from Arabic سَجَدَ, from Arabic ج — Abbreviation of جَمْع.

mégamosquée (French): megamosque

Definitions

  1. megamosque

Ancestry of “mégamosquée”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmosquéemosque
2Italianmoscheamosque
3Spanishmezquitamosque; a Native American religious site
4Arabicمَسْجِدmosque; place of worship
5Arabicسَجَدَto bow down; to bow in reverence; to prostrate,...
6ArabicجAbbreviation of جَمْع
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