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Definition of 'Mecca'Alternative forms
* Makkah, Makkah al-Mukkaramah
Proper noun
( en-proper noun)
A city in 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.
Derived terms
* Meccan
Noun
( en-noun)
(label) Any place considered to be a very important place to visit by people with a particular interest.
*{{quote-book|year=1935|author= George Goodchild
|title=Death on the Centre Court|chapter=5
|passage=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.}}
* 1991 , The Economist , The Economist Newspaper Ltd.
- 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.
* 1997 , John Romano, Muscle Meals , page 14.
- 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.
Alternative forms
* mecca
Similar to 'Mecca'Moksha, Misha, Macha, Musa, Musca, Macca, Mkwaya, Messia, Makua, Mika, Masha, Masaya, Massa, Mesa, Mysia, Magha, Moesia, Muisca, Mejia
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