Mecca

Definitions

1. A province of Saudi Arabia.
   proscribed, sometimes
2. Any place considered to be a very important place to visit by people with a particular interest.
   figuratively, offensive, sometimes
3. A large city, the provincial capital of Mecca Province in the in the Hejaz region, Saudi Arabia, the holiest place in Islam, location of the sacred Ka'ba, and to which Muslims are required to make a hajj at least once in their lifetime, if possible.
   proscribed, sometimes
4. ; a place to which a group of people (for example shoppers) are drawn.
   figuratively, offensive, sometimes
5. A number of places in the United States:
6. A census-designated place in Riverside County, California.
7. A town in Wabash Township, Parke County, Indiana.
8. An unincorporated community in Clinton County, Missouri.
9. A township and unincorporated community in Trumbull County, Ohio.
10. A surname.
11. A unisex given name, mostly borne by women.
    uncommon

Equivalents

45 more languages

العربيةأم القرىمكةمكة المكرمة

БългарскиМека

বাংলামক্কা

Bosanskimečkamekaмека

ČeštinaMekkamekkánský

Danskmekka

ΕλληνικάΜέκκα

EsperantoMekko

Suomimekka

ગુજરાતીમક્કા

HausaMaka

עבריתמכה

हिन्दीमक्का

Hrvatskimečkamekaмека

MagyarMekka

ՀայերենՄեքքա

Bahasa Indonesiakiblat

ÍslenskaMekka

ItalianoLa Mecca

日本語まっかメッカ聖地

Қазақ тіліМекке

ភាសាខ្មែរមេកា

한국어마카메카

KurdîMekke

LatinaMecca

МакедонскиМека

മലയാളംമക്ക

Bahasa MelayuMakkahMekah

NederlandsMekka

PolskiMekka

Portuguêsmeca

РусскийМекка

SlovenščinaMeka

Српскиmečkamekaмека

Svenskamecka

KiswahiliMakka

தமிழ்மக்கம்மக்காமையம்

తెలుగుమక్కా

ТоҷикӣМакка

ไทยมักกะฮ์

TürkmençeMekge

TagalogMeka

TürkçeMekke

ئۇيغۇرچەمەككە

اردومکہ

Examples

“MR. HOWE: I would like⟳ to ask⟳ Mr. Mecca this question⟳ : does he think⟳ there would be substantial duplication between the agency that he is suggesting, and the current Governors' Committees on Employment of the Handicapped. MR. MECCA: […]”

“Mrs. Mecca Marie Varney and son are successful lecturers and debaters on various topics of current interest⟳, such as suffrage, etc. Her home is in Paw Paw, Mich. Her lectures are managed by her husband, Charles E. Varney.”

“Just then, a young boy—named Mecca, as we learned later—arrived at the scene with the flight attendants who had been escorting him to his parents. In the midst of the frantic feeding of the protein bar, Mecca quietly announced:”

“It was consequently the “Mecca,” the “Delphic Oracle,” the “Vale of Egeria,” to which all studious pilgrims should resort to drink⟳ of the pure springs of knowledge; […]”

“By one o'clock the place⟳ was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country.”

“Tsuhu, or Lake Benevolence, is located in Fuhsing District, Taoyuan County, and formed by waters from the Tahan Creek (river). Its two sections of limpid water are enclosed within emerald green hills. When he was alive, the late President often came here as a place⟳ of retreat and meditation. It had been for this reason⟳ that his casket was moved here for temporary rest⟳. The place⟳ has since become⟳ a Mecca for people all over the world to come⟳ and pay⟳ homage to Modern China's greatest leader.”

“On the other side of the Atlantic, stores in Paris's chic Avenue Montaigne, a mecca for Japanese tourists, said that sales to foreigners had fallen sharply.”

“Living in Venice, California and training at the Mecca of bodybuilding, Gold's Gym, I've seen some of the world's most dedicated and hard-training athletes.”

“I say⟳ how much I like⟳ the shabby lounge atmosphere of a ruin pub, and Laura declares that this one, Szimpla Kert (which means “Simple Garden”), is the mecca of ruin pubs.”

“But Seed to Table – which has sprawling spreads of produce⟳, a food court with restaurants and kiosks, and a two-story wine market and tasting room – has become⟳ a MAGA mecca, many say⟳, a shrine to former President Donald Trump and Trumpism.”

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