mecca

n.

1. 1. A place that is regarded as the center of an activity or interest.
   2. A goal to which adherents of a religious faith or practice fervently aspire.
2. A place visited by many people: a mecca for tourists.

[After MECCA (from its being a place of pilgrimage).]

(MEK-uh)

noun
A place regarded as a center of some activity or one that many people visit.

Etymology
After Mecca, a city in western Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Muhammad, and a place of pilgrimage for Muslims.

Usage
"The battlefield was my Mecca, and I dreamed about a trip there to see where those soldiers had made the ultimate sacrifice." — Robert Lee Hodge; The New Battle for Gettysburg is to Save This Historic Shrine; America's Civil War (Leesburg); Jul 2001.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a place that attracts many visitors

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - Mecca

n. - Mekka, valfartssted, ønskemål

Nederlands (Dutch)
Mekka (ook figuurlijk, paradijs voor liefhebbers), plaats die men wil bezoeken, beginplaats van religie/ theorie etc.

Français (French)
n. - Mecque

n. - La Mecque, (fig) la Mecque des (touristes)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Mekka

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - Μέκκα

Italiano (Italian)
Mecca

Português (Portuguese)
n. - Meca (f)

Русский (Russian)
Мекка, место паломничества

Español (Spanish)
n. - La Meca

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - Mecka, vallfartsort

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
麦加, 向往之地, 朝拜的地方, 圣地, 发源地, 发祥地

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 麥加, 嚮往之地, 朝拜的地方, 聖地, 發源地, 發祥地

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 메카 (사우디아라비아의 도시; Muhammad의 탄생지, 회교도의 순례지), 동경의 땅, (주의, 신앙, 학문 따위의) 발상지, 많은 사람들이 동경하는 땅

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - メッカ, あこがれの場所

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مكه المكرمه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מקום עלייה לרגל, יעד, מולדת או מרכז של אמונה, מדיניות וכו', מכה‬

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