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Mecca

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Noun

1. mecca

joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia; located in western Saudi Arabia; as the birthplace of Muhammad it is the holiest city of Islam

2. mecca

a place that attracts many visitors

Example Sentences:
'New York is a mecca for young artists'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Mecca

see synonyms of mecca
noun
1. 
a city in W Saudi Arabia: birthplace of Mohammed; the holiest city of Islam, containing the Kaaba. Pop: 1 529 000 (2005 est)
. Arabic name: Makkah
2. (sometimes not capital)
a place that attracts many visitors
Athens is a Mecca for tourists

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Mecca

see synonyms of mecca
noun
1. 
any place visited by many people
2. 
any place that one yearns to go to
3. 
any goal that one is seeking to achieve
city in W Saudi Arabia, near the Red Sea: birthplace of Mohammed & hence a holy city of Islam: pop. 618,000

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Mecca

see synonyms of mecca
n.
1.
a. A place that is regarded as the center of an activity or interest.
b. A goal to which adherents of a religious faith or practice fervently aspire.
2. A place visited by many people: a mecca for tourists.
A city of western Saudi Arabia near the coast of the Red Sea. The birthplace of Muhammad, it is the holiest city of Islam and a pilgrimage site for devout Muslims.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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