often capitalized
: a place regarded as a center for a specified group, activity, or interest
a mecca for shoppers
Synonyms
Examples of mecca in a Sentence
The valley is a mecca for wine lovers.
The town has become a mecca for tourists.
Recent Examples on the Web
New York State — beyond the five boroughs and suburban Westchester County and Long Island — is, on its own, an art mecca.
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Brian T. Allen, National Review, 18 Apr. 2024
The Rally Hotel is located in the Mile High City’s Lower Downtown (LoDo) neighborhood and just off McGregor Square, Denver’s popular entertainment mecca.
—Chadner Navarro, Travel + Leisure, 9 Apr. 2024
In recreational meccas like Big Sky, the kind of extravagant wealth visible throughout American life reaches a new register.
—Nick Bowlin, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024
To help further expand beyond the stuffy park-and-show Concours format, Miami’s ultra-exclusive automotive mecca The Concours Club will also host track activities throughout the weekend.
—Michael Van Runkle, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
In the early days of the internet, Alderney took advantage of its jurisdictional positioning to become a mecca for offshore online gambling, but as the web evolved, the island’s infrastructure couldn’t keep up, and most of the business migrated to Guernsey’s faster servers.
—Rebecca Panovka, Harper's Magazine, 9 Feb. 2024
The Angeles family has produced mezcal for four generations in Santa Catarina de las Minas, a mezcal mecca.
—Tucker Harris, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2024
But this weekend's beach bonanza played out in Fort Lauderdale, which has become the 2024 mecca for Florida spring break.
—Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 18 Mar. 2024
Los Angeles Apparel — which was once American Apparel and a mecca for bodysuits in the 2010s — is another great place to find lots of different bodysuit styles, including the Los Angeles Apparel Long Sleeve Crossfront Bodysuit.
—Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 4 Mar. 2024
Brian T. Allen, National Review, 18 Apr. 2024
The Rally Hotel is located in the Mile High City’s Lower Downtown (LoDo) neighborhood and just off McGregor Square, Denver’s popular entertainment mecca.
—Chadner Navarro, Travel + Leisure, 9 Apr. 2024
In recreational meccas like Big Sky, the kind of extravagant wealth visible throughout American life reaches a new register.
—Nick Bowlin, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024
To help further expand beyond the stuffy park-and-show Concours format, Miami’s ultra-exclusive automotive mecca The Concours Club will also host track activities throughout the weekend.
—Michael Van Runkle, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
In the early days of the internet, Alderney took advantage of its jurisdictional positioning to become a mecca for offshore online gambling, but as the web evolved, the island’s infrastructure couldn’t keep up, and most of the business migrated to Guernsey’s faster servers.
—Rebecca Panovka, Harper's Magazine, 9 Feb. 2024
The Angeles family has produced mezcal for four generations in Santa Catarina de las Minas, a mezcal mecca.
—Tucker Harris, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2024
But this weekend's beach bonanza played out in Fort Lauderdale, which has become the 2024 mecca for Florida spring break.
—Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 18 Mar. 2024
Los Angeles Apparel — which was once American Apparel and a mecca for bodysuits in the 2010s — is another great place to find lots of different bodysuit styles, including the Los Angeles Apparel Long Sleeve Crossfront Bodysuit.
—Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 4 Mar. 2024
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“Mecca.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mecca. Accessed 2 May. 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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