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Mecca1 definition

Mec·ca (mek′ə)

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

Etymology: after Mecca

Related Forms:

  • Meccan Mec′·can adjective, noun
Mecca2 definition

Mec·ca (mek′ə)

city in W Saudi Arabia, near the Red Sea: birthplace of Mohammed & hence a holy city of Islam: pop. 618,000

Related Forms:

  • Meccan Mec′·can adjective, noun

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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