Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A place that is regarded as the center of an activity or interest.
- n. A goal to which adherents of a religious faith or practice fervently aspire.
- n. A place visited by many people: a mecca for tourists.
Wiktionary
- n. Alternative capitalization of Mecca
Etymologies
- After Mecca (from its being a place of pilgrimage). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“ A mecca is a place that attracts people: Hollywood is a mecca for would-be actors and actresses.”
“Nearly half of its sales at its flagship store in Akihabara, Japan's electronics mecca, is to Chinese tourists.”
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“Manzanillo, Mexico's biggest western port and tourist mecca, is less than an hour's drive away.”
“The transformation of Storrs (population: roughly 11,000) into a hoops mecca is astounding given the lack of tradition as recently as the 1980s.”
“Key West, the famously tolerant tourist mecca, is up in arms over wild chickens.”
“This is why sometimes the word mecca is written becca.”
“Maybe he didn't use the word mecca, but the idea was that our city would become a place where homosexuals nationwide could come and live openly.”
“The state taxes booze so lightly that it's a wonder it hasn't become known as a mecca for drunkards.”
“Big John obviously doesn’t even have a clue where mecca is does he?”
“One year, feeling brave and proud of my mommy progress, I stupidly decided to take the kids on our annual trek to kid mecca, aka Orlando, Florida, by myself.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘mecca’.
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Personal Vocabulary List
All my favourite words that I come across!
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colleen's words
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Words that have been used as baby names, including virtue names, nature names, place names, etc.
The title is an actual name given to a Puritan boy in the 17th century.faith, hope, grace, charity, chastity, prudence, patience, temperance, river, phoenix, stone, violet and 455 more...
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Chromonyms
These chromonyms are defined as colors in at least one dictionary (mostly MW3). (Actually there's one fake, for reasons I'll explain someday.) They are all one-word nouns such as "kelly", which can...
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Nakoo's list of beautiful words.
Just about any word I like at the time.
razbliuto, anaxiphilia, lipothymous, inamorata, acushla, abulia, serendipity, alexithymia, quixotic, idiosyncratic, ad nauseam, equanimity and 305 more...
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on gods and religions
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Inspiration Collection
piece of cake, firewater, sweetbrier, artesian, artisan, plenty, figurehead, incendiary, vignette, few, minimalism, NO and 40 more...
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Words From "How To Increase Your Word...
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