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mecca

Mec·ca
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [mek-uh]
    • /ˈmɛk ə/
    • /ˈmek.ə/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [mek-uh]
    • /ˈmɛk ə/

Definitions of mecca word

  • noun mecca a region in Saudi Arabia bordering on the Red Sea, formerly an independent kingdom: contains the Islamic holy cities of Medina and Mecca. About 150,000 sq. mi. (388,500 sq. km). Capital: Mecca. 1
  • noun mecca Alternative form of Mecca. 1
  • noun mecca Islamic city in Saudi Arabia 1
  • noun mecca place of pilgrimage 1
  • proper noun mecca Mecca is a city in Saudi Arabia, which is the holiest city in Islam because the Prophet Mohammed was born there. All Muslims face towards Mecca when they pray. 0
  • countable noun mecca If you describe a place as a mecca or Mecca for a particular thing or activity, you mean that many people who are interested in it go there. 0

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Parts of speech for Mecca

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

mecca popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for mecca

noun mecca

  • heart — Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
  • hub — the central part of a wheel, as that part into which the spokes are inserted.
  • destination — The destination of someone or something is the place to which they are going or being sent.
  • focus — a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity: The need to prevent a nuclear war became the focus of all diplomatic efforts.
  • aim — If you aim for something or aim to do something, you plan or hope to achieve it.

Antonyms for mecca

noun mecca

  • outside — the outer side, surface, or part; exterior: The outside of the house needs painting.
  • exterior — Forming, situated on, or relating to the outside of something.
  • exteriority — Surface; externality.

Top questions with mecca

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