Mecca
noun
Also Mekka; Makkah a city in and the capital of Hejaz, in western Saudi Arabia: birthplace of Muhammad; spiritual center of Islam.
Meccas
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pluralof Mecca.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Unlike the fashion Meccas of Paris and Milan, Nairobi does not follow seasons as the fashion scene is too small.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2022
“This is a link to all the English players playing or coaching professionally abroad, including in such footballing Meccas as the Cook Islands, the Philippines and Vanuatu.”
From The Guardian ● Feb. 7, 2018
“That’s one of the logging Meccas of Oregon,’’ Serrill said.
From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2017
At Del Webb Corp., developers of the Sun City Meccas for seniors, vice president Dave Schreiner says a new crop of buyers is looking for more than endless weekends.
From Time Magazine Archive
Such graves as his are pilgrim shrines, Shrines to no code or creed confined,— The Delphian vales, the Palestines, The Meccas of the mind.
From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by John Bartlett
