Mecca

Meanings

1. A province of Saudi Arabia.
2. 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.
3. A number of places in the United States:
4. A census-designated place in Riverside County, California.
5. A town in Wabash Township, Parke County, Indiana.
6. An unincorporated community in Clinton County, Missouri.
7. A township and unincorporated community in Trumbull County, Ohio.
8. A surname.
9. A unisex given name, mostly borne by women.

1. Any place considered to be a very important place to visit by people with a particular interest.

1. Alternative form of Mecca.
2. ; a place to which a group of people (for example shoppers) are drawn.

Etymology

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