mecca
see also: Mecca
Noun

mecca (plural meccas)

  1. Alternative form of Mecca; a place to which a group of people (for example shoppers) are drawn.

Mecca
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈmɛkə/
Proper noun
  1. A large city in the Hejaz, 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.
Translations Noun

mecca (plural meccas)

  1. (figuratively) Any place considered to be a very important place to visit by people with a particular interest.
    • 1826, The Lancet, “Sketches of the Medical Schools of Scotland”, volume 11, page 254 ↗:
      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; […]
    • 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.
    • 2014, Rick Steves, Rick Steves' Europe Through the Back Door 2015: The Travel Skills Handbook, Avalon Travel, ISBN 9781612389547, gbooks 06IVBQAAQBAJ:
      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.
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