Mecca

Meaning

1. Any place considered to be a very important place to visit by people with a particular interest.
2. A surname.
3. A province of Saudi Arabia.
4. A number of places in the United States:
5. 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.
6. A township and unincorporated community in Trumbull County, Ohio.
7. ; a place to which a group of people (for example shoppers) are drawn.
8. An unincorporated community in Clinton County, Missouri.
9. A town in Wabash Township, Parke County, Indiana.
10. Alternative form of Mecca.
11. A census-designated place in Riverside County, California.

Etymology / origin

From Arabic مَكَّة (Makka) of uncertain etymology. In American place names, in reference to the Arabian city.

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