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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The fine-dining mecca has since become known for its sustainability, as Redzepi notes that year by year his team started to better understand seasonality and the rhythms of the environment.
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Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 June 2024
Still, San Francisco remains a mecca of LGBTQ+ history and culture.
—Solcyré Burga, TIME, 21 June 2024
Death Valley, at one point, became an especially odd tourist mecca as temperatures hit 128 degrees (and overnight lows failed to fall below 100 degrees).
—Bychris Morris, Fortune, 4 June 2024
Located about an hour from Rocky Mountain National Park, the outdoor recreation mecca of Boulder, Colo., ranked second on U.S. News' list.
—Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2024
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Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 June 2024
Still, San Francisco remains a mecca of LGBTQ+ history and culture.
—Solcyré Burga, TIME, 21 June 2024
Death Valley, at one point, became an especially odd tourist mecca as temperatures hit 128 degrees (and overnight lows failed to fall below 100 degrees).
—Bychris Morris, Fortune, 4 June 2024
Located about an hour from Rocky Mountain National Park, the outdoor recreation mecca of Boulder, Colo., ranked second on U.S. News' list.
—Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2024
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“Mecca.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mecca. Accessed 7 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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