Definition of Tabuk

1. Noun. A city in northwestern Saudi Arabia.

Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center
Group relationships: Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tabuk

Tabatha
Tabby
Tabernacle
Tabernacles
Tabernaemontana
Tabernaemontana divaricate
Tabitha
Tabo
Tabor
Tabora
Taborite
Taborites
Tabriz
Tabuk (current term)
Tac antigen
Tacana
Tacaribe complex
Tacaribe complex of viruses
Tacca
Tacca leontopetaloides
Tacca pinnatifida
Taccaceae
Tachelhit
Tachibana
Tachinidae
Tachyglossidae
Tachyglossus
Tachypleus

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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