often capitalized
: a place regarded as a center for a specified group, activity, or interest
a mecca for shoppers
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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Indianapolis is better known as a Midwest motorsports mecca and basketball bastion than a city built for golf sickos.
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Mike Dojc, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
The Shoppes at Buckland Hills, which spawned the growth of a retail mecca in Manchester and neighboring South Windsor in the 1990s, rose to become the second largest taxpayer in the municipality.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 23 Apr. 2025
Since then, the region has become a motorsports mecca, and the first Daytona 500 was held Feb. 22, 1959, in front of a crowd of more than 41,000.
—Mark Long, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2025
From a pastel mecca of makeup, to decadent chocolate dim sum-and even where to score coveted Sonny Angels-these are the spots sure to please the hard-to-shop-for tween in your life.
—Bea McMonagle, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
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Mike Dojc, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
The Shoppes at Buckland Hills, which spawned the growth of a retail mecca in Manchester and neighboring South Windsor in the 1990s, rose to become the second largest taxpayer in the municipality.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 23 Apr. 2025
Since then, the region has become a motorsports mecca, and the first Daytona 500 was held Feb. 22, 1959, in front of a crowd of more than 41,000.
—Mark Long, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2025
From a pastel mecca of makeup, to decadent chocolate dim sum-and even where to score coveted Sonny Angels-these are the spots sure to please the hard-to-shop-for tween in your life.
—Bea McMonagle, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for mecca
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“Mecca.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mecca. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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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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