mecca
see also: Mecca
Noun
Mecca
Pronunciation
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see also: Mecca
Noun
mecca (plural meccas)
- Alternative form of Mecca; a place to which a group of people (for example shoppers) are drawn.
Mecca
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈmɛkə/
- 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.
mecca (plural meccas)
- (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.
- 1826, The Lancet, “Sketches of the Medical Schools of Scotland”, volume 11, page 254 ↗:
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