mecca

IPA: mˈɛkʌ

Root Word: Mecca

A large city in the Hejaz, 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.
A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Riverside County, California.
A town in Wabash Township, Parke County, Indiana.
An unincorporated community in Clinton County, Missouri.
A township and unincorporated community in Trumbull County, Ohio.
A surname.
(uncommon) A unisex given name, mostly borne by women.
(figuratively) Any place considered to be a very important place to visit by people with a particular interest.
Alternative form of Mecca; a place to which a group of people (for example shoppers) are drawn. [A large city in the Hejaz, 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.]

Examples of "mecca" in Sentences

Graves in the cemetery face Mecca.
He was one of the leaders of Mecca.
He then made the pilgrimage to Mecca.
Mecca was a thriving commercial center.
Protestants are not allowed to be in Mecca.
Gribodev's restaurant is a mecca of Gluttony.
Hawthorn is a popular mecca for entertainment.
The credulous were invited to abandon to Mecca qibla.
Arguments for the identification of Bakkah with Mecca.
This is why sometimes the word mecca is written becca.
Mecca was the first city to have the benevolent code applied.
Big John obviously doesn’t even have a clue where mecca is does he?
Key West, the famously tolerant tourist mecca, is up in arms over wild chickens.
Manzanillo, Mexico's biggest western port and tourist mecca, is less than an hour's drive away.
The state taxes booze so lightly that it's a wonder it hasn't become known as a mecca for drunkards.
A mecca is a place that attracts people: Hollywood is a mecca for would-be actors and actresses.
Nearly half of its sales at its flagship store in Akihabara, Japan's electronics mecca, is to Chinese tourists.
The transformation of Storrs (population: roughly 11,000) into a hoops mecca is astounding given the lack of tradition as recently as the 1980s.
Maybe he didn't use the word mecca, but the idea was that our city would become a place where homosexuals nationwide could come and live openly.