name
Meaning 1
A province of Saudi Arabia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: proscribed, sometimes
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Standard Lemma guide
Mecca
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈmɛkə/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -ɛkə
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homophone: mecha
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CMU ARPABET: M EH1 K AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A large city, the provincial capital of Mecca Province in the in the Hejaz region, 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: proscribed, sometimes
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name
Meaning 3
A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Riverside County, California.
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name
Meaning 4
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Wabash Township, Parke County, Indiana.
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name
Meaning 5
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Clinton County, Missouri.
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name
Meaning 6
A number of places in the United States:
A township and unincorporated community in Trumbull County, Ohio.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 7
A surname.
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name
Meaning 8
A unisex given name, mostly borne by women.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncommon
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noun
Meaning 9
Any place considered to be a very important place to visit by people with a particular interest.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, offensive, sometimes
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noun
Meaning 10
Alternative form of Mecca.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Meaning 11
Alternative form of Mecca.
; a place to which a group of people (for example shoppers) are drawn.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, offensive, sometimes
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noun
Meaning 12
a place that attracts many visitors
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- New York is a mecca for young artists
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Broader terms: topographic point, place, spot
noun
Meaning 13
joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia; located in western Saudi Arabia; as the birthplace of Muhammad it is the holiest city of Islam
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Broader terms: Riyadh, capital of Saudi Arabia
History
Etymology
From Arabic مَكَّة (Makka) of uncertain etymology. In American place names, in reference to the Arabian city.
Across languages
Translations
117 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: Mekë — city in Saudi Arabia
- Albanian: Meka — city in Saudi Arabia
- Amharic: መካ (mäka) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Arabic: مَكَّة (makka) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Arabic: مَكَّةُ الْمُكَرَّمَة (makkatu l-mukarrama) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Armenian: Մեքքա (Mekʻkʻa) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Azerbaijani: Məkkə — city in Saudi Arabia
- Bashkir: Мәккә (Məkkə) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Belarusian: Ме́кка (Mjékka) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Belarusian: Мэ́ка (Méka) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Bengali: মক্কা (mokka) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Bulgarian: Ме́ка (Méka) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Burmese: မက္ကာမြို့ (makkamrui.) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Catalan: La Meca — city in Saudi Arabia
- Chechen: Мекка (Mekka) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Chechen: Макка (Makka) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Chinese Cantonese: 麥加 /麦加 (mak6 gaa1) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Chinese Mandarin: 麥加 /麦加 (Màijiā) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Ngazidja Comorian: Maka — city in Saudi Arabia
- Coptic: ⲙⲁⲕⲁ (maka) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Czech: Mekka — city in Saudi Arabia
- Danish: Mekka — city in Saudi Arabia
- Dhivehi: މައްކާ (makkā) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Dutch: Mekka — city in Saudi Arabia
- Esperanto: Mekko — city in Saudi Arabia
- Estonian: Meka — city in Saudi Arabia
- Farefare: Mɛka — city in Saudi Arabia
- Finnish: Mekka — city in Saudi Arabia
- French: La Mecque — city in Saudi Arabia
- Georgian: მექა (meka) — city in Saudi Arabia
- German: Mekka — city in Saudi Arabia
- Greek: Μέκκα (Mékka) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Ancient Greek: Μάκεχ (Mákekh) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Gujarati: મક્કા (makkā) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Hausa: Maka — city in Saudi Arabia
- Hebrew: מֶכָּה (méka) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Hindi: मक्का (makkā) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Hungarian: Mekka — city in Saudi Arabia
- Icelandic: Mekka — city in Saudi Arabia
- Indonesian: Makkah — city in Saudi Arabia
- Italian: La Mecca — city in Saudi Arabia
- Japanese: メッカ (Mekka) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Japanese: マッカ (Makka) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Javanese: Mekah — city in Saudi Arabia
- Kazakh: Мекке (Mekke) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Khmer: មេកា (meikaa) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Korean: 메카 (Meka) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Korean: 마카 (Maka) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Northern Kurdish: Meke — city in Saudi Arabia
- Northern Kurdish: Mekeh — city in Saudi Arabia
- Kyrgyz: Меке (Meke) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Lak: Макка (Mak:a) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Latin: Mecca — city in Saudi Arabia
- Latvian: Meka — city in Saudi Arabia
- Lithuanian: Meka — city in Saudi Arabia
- Macedonian: Ме́ка (Méka) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Malay: Mekah — city in Saudi Arabia
- Malay: Makkah — city in Saudi Arabia
- Malayalam: മക്ക (makka) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Maranao: Maka — city in Saudi Arabia
- Maranao: Meka — city in Saudi Arabia
- Marathi: मक्का (makkā) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Mongolian: Мекка (Mekka) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Nogai: Макка (Makka) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Norwegian Bokmål: Mekka — city in Saudi Arabia
- Odia: ମକ୍କା (makkā) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Odia: ମକା (makā) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Ossetian: Меккӕ (Mekkæ) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Pashto: مکه (maká) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Dari: مکه (makka) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Iranian Persian: مکه (makke) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Middle Persian: mkkh (makkah) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Polish: Mekka — city in Saudi Arabia
- Portuguese: Meca — city in Saudi Arabia
- Punjabi: ਮੱਕਾ (makkā) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Russian: Ме́кка (Mékka) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Sanskrit: मख (makha) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Sanskrit: मखविषय (makhaviṣaya) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Serbo-Croatian: Ме̏ка — city in Saudi Arabia
- Serbo-Croatian: Mȅka — city in Saudi Arabia
- Slovak: Mekka — city in Saudi Arabia
- Slovene: Méka — city in Saudi Arabia
- Spanish: La Meca — city in Saudi Arabia
- Swahili: Makka — city in Saudi Arabia
- Swedish: Mekka — city in Saudi Arabia
- Tagalog: Meka — city in Saudi Arabia
- Tajik: Макка (Makka) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Tamil: மக்கம் (makkam) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Tamil: மக்கா (makkā) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Tatar: Мәккә (Mäkkä) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Telugu: మక్కా (makkā) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Thai: มักกะฮ์ (mák-gà) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Turkish: Mekke — city in Saudi Arabia
- Ottoman Turkish: مكه (Mekke) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Ottoman Turkish: مكۀ مكرمه (Mekke-i Mükerreme) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Turkmen: Mekge — city in Saudi Arabia
- Ukrainian: Ме́кка (Mékka) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Urdu: مَکَّہ (makkah) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Uyghur: مەككە (mekke) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Uzbek: Makka — city in Saudi Arabia
- Yakut: Мекка (Mekka) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Yiddish: מעקאַ (meka) — city in Saudi Arabia
- Danish: mekka — important place to visit by people with a particular interest
- Dutch: mekka — important place to visit by people with a particular interest
- Finnish: mekka — important place to visit by people with a particular interest
- Hindi: मक्का (makkā) — important place to visit by people with a particular interest
- Indonesian: kiblat — important place to visit by people with a particular interest
- Japanese: 聖地 (seichi) — important place to visit by people with a particular interest
- Northern Kurdish: qîble — important place to visit by people with a particular interest
- Polish: mekka — important place to visit by people with a particular interest
- Portuguese: meca — important place to visit by people with a particular interest
- Portuguese: Meca — important place to visit by people with a particular interest
- Serbo-Croatian: мека — important place to visit by people with a particular interest
- Serbo-Croatian: meka — important place to visit by people with a particular interest
- Spanish: meca — important place to visit by people with a particular interest
- Swedish: mecka — important place to visit by people with a particular interest
- Tamil: மையம் (maiyam) — important place to visit by people with a particular interest
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