often capitalized
: a place regarded as a center for a specified group, activity, or interest
a mecca for shoppers
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Examples of mecca in a Sentence
The valley is a mecca for wine lovers.
The town has become a mecca for tourists.
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Just as Disney envisioned tens of thousands of acres of Central Florida swampland as a theme-park paradise, Williams and Hewitt visualized a minor-league sports town in the South as an NBA mecca.
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Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 18 July 2024
Since then, a community sports mecca dubbed the Great Park has blossomed there, surrounded by thousands of homes.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2024
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L.A.'s Chinatown has become an unexpected mecca for indie fashion lovers.
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Litter has also been a problem in other national parks and monuments, lakes and recreation areas.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2024
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Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 18 July 2024
Since then, a community sports mecca dubbed the Great Park has blossomed there, surrounded by thousands of homes.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2024
Leather goods at Building Block Building Block Bring something home
L.A.'s Chinatown has become an unexpected mecca for indie fashion lovers.
—Kyle Beechey, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Feb. 2023
Climate & Environment For Subscribers Fecal fears pile up as an L.A. hiking mecca reopens — without half its bathrooms
June 30, 2024
Litter has also been a problem in other national parks and monuments, lakes and recreation areas.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2024
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“Mecca.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mecca. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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mecca
noun
mec·ca
ˈmek-ə 
often capitalized
: a place regarded as a center for a specified group, activity, or interest
a mecca for tourists
Etymology
named for Mecca, city in Arabia, the birthplace of Muhammad and the goal of Muslim pilgrimages
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