Mecca
pronunciation
How to pronounce Mecca in British English:
UK [ˈmekə]
How to pronounce Mecca in American English:
US [ˈmɛkə]
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- Noun:
- a place that attracts many visitors
Word Origin
- Mecca
- Arabic Makkah, sacred city of Islam, birthplace of Muhammad, which every Muslim must visit at least once. Origins have been proposed in Phoenician maqaq "ruined" or Arabic mahrab "sanctuary." Figurative sense of "any place one holds supremely sacred" (usually with lower-case m-) is in English from 1850. Related: Meccan.
Example
- 1. But non-muslims have made the journey to mecca .
- 2. In many respects the cairo accord resembles its mecca predecessor .
- 3. Goats are mainly exported to mecca for the annual haj pilgrimage .
- 4. The magical glamour of a mecca or a rome is vital to such a movement .
- 5. Our group had stayed at the chinese mecca for eleven minutes .