MUKATAA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An Arabic word for headquarters or administrative center

Example:

Arafat was holed up in the mukataa of his West Bank compound

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("mukataa" is a kind of...):

central office; headquarters; home base; home office; main office ((usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise)

Domain category:

Arabic; Arabic language (the Semitic language of the Arabs; spoken in a variety of dialects)