Meccan
Americannoun
plural
Meccansadjective
Example Sentences
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Meccan families would just hang out around the Grand Mosque, since there were few other public spaces.
From Washington Times • Jun. 27, 2023
There, the Negus—the leader of Aksum in what is modern-day Ethiopia—provided shelter for Muslims fleeing Meccan persecution and allowed them to practice their faith under his protection.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
Elijah's son Wallace, however, was trained in classical Arabic and, following in the footsteps of his friend Malcolm X, made a Meccan pilgrimage.
From Time Magazine Archive
At 25, Muhammad accepted a marriage proposal from Khadijah, a rich Meccan widow 15 years his senior, for whom he had led a successful caravan.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the feast of Arafat there are normally 100,000 pilgrims in the Meccan area who represent 100 million orthodox Moslems throughout the world, while the actual population of the city is only 50,000.
From Pan-Islam by Bury, G. Wyman (George Wyman)
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