Mecca

mecca meččä English <dab!> Alternative forms en Macca Makka Makkah Mekka Makkah al-Mukarramah uncommon Etymology From en ar مَكَّة of uncertain etymology. en via Ottoman Turkish? In American place names, in reference to the Arabian city. Pronunciation en /ˈmɛkə/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Mecca.wav Southern England en ɛkə 2 en mecha Proper noun en sometimes _ proscribed en Q234167 en province c/Saudi Arabia. en Q5806 en large city/provincial capital p:Suf/Mecca ;; in the r:suf/Hejaz c/Saudi Arabia ;, the holiest place in Islam, location of the sacred Kaaba, and to which Muslims are required to make a hajj at least once in their lifetime, if possible. en number of places c/USA: en CDP co/Riverside County s/California. en town twp:Suf/Wabash co/Parke County s/Indiana. en ucomm co/Clinton County s/Missouri. en twp/and/ucomm co/Trumbull County s/Ohio. en. en 1968 United States. President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped The Seriously Handicapped and the Voluntary Health Agency: Proceedings of a Panel Discussion, Annual Meeting, May 2-3, 1968 32 MR. HOWE: I would like to ask Mr. Mecca this question : does he think there would be substantial duplication between the agency that he is suggesting, and the current Governors' Committees on Employment of the Handicapped.MR. MECCA:  en uncommon en unisex, mostly borne by women. en 1912 The Arrow of Pi Beta Phi 107 Mrs. Mecca Marie Varney and son are successful lecturers and debaters on various topics of current interest, such as suffrage, etc. Her home is in Paw Paw, Mich. Her lectures are managed by her husband, Charles E. Varney. en 2020 Born This Way Foundation reporters; Lady Gaga Channel Kindness: Stories of Kindness and Community Feiwel & Friends 9781250245571 Just then, a young boy—named Mecca, as we learned later—arrived at the scene with the flight attendants who had been escorting him to his parents. In the midst of the frantic feeding of the protein bar, Mecca quietly announced: en Usage notes Some Muslims consider the pronunciation shift indicated by English Mecca to be too great, insisting on en Makkah or some equivalent transcription of the standard Arabic name. Derived terms en balm of Mecca balsam of Mecca Mecca Province Great Mosque of Mecca Meccan Mecca balsam Translations city in Saudi Arabia Albanian: sq Mekë f, sq Meka f definite Amharic: am መካ Arabic: ar مَكَّة f, ar مَكَّةُ الْمُكَرَّمَة f Armenian: hy Մեքքա Azerbaijani: az Məkkə Bashkir: ba Мәккә Belarusian: be Ме́кка f, be Мэ́ка f Bengali: bn মক্কা Bulgarian: bg Ме́ка f Burmese: my မက္ကာမြို့ Catalan: ca La Meca f Chechen: ce Мекка, ce Макка Chinese: Cantonese: yue 麥加 mak6 gaa1 Mandarin: cmn 麥加 Màijiā Comorian: Ngazidja Comorian: zdj Maka Coptic: cop ⲙⲁⲕⲁ Czech: cs Mekka f Danish: da Mekka n Dhivehi: dv މައްކާ Dutch: nl Mekka n Esperanto: eo Mekko Estonian: et Meka Farefare: gur Mɛka Finnish: fi Mekka French: fr La Mecque f Georgian: ka მექა German: de Mekka n Greek: el Μέκκα f Ancient Greek: grc Μάκεχ n Gujarati: gu મક્કા n Hausa: ha Maka Hebrew: he מֶכָּה f méka Hindi: hi मक्का m Hungarian: hu Mekka Icelandic: is Mekka f Indonesian: id Makkah Italian: it La Mecca f Japanese: ja メッカ Mekka, ja マッカ Makka Javanese: jv Mekah Kazakh: kk Мекке Khmer: km មេកា Korean: ko ^메카, ko ^마카 Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Meke, kmr Mekeh Kyrgyz: ky Меке Lak: lbe Макка Latin: la Mecca f Latvian: lv Meka f Lithuanian: lt Meka f Macedonian: mk Ме́ка f Malay: ms Mekah, ms Makkah Malayalam: ml മക്ക Maranao: mrw Maka, mrw Meka Marathi: mr मक्का n Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Мекка Nogai: nog Макка Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Mekka Odia: or ମକ୍କା, or ମକା Ossetian: os Меккӕ Pashto: ps مکه f maká Persian: Dari: prs مکه makka Iranian Persian: fa-ira مکه makke Middle Persian: pal mkkh makkah Polish: pl Mekka f Portuguese: pt Meca f Punjabi: pa ਮੱਕਾ Russian: ru Ме́кка f Sanskrit: sa मख m n, sa मखविषय m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Ме̏ка f Latin: sh Mȅka f Slovak: sk Mekka f Slovene: sl Méka f Spanish: es La Meca f Swahili: sw Makka Swedish: sv Mekka n Tagalog: tl Meka Tajik: tg Макка Tamil: ta மக்கம், ta மக்கா Tatar: tt Мәккә Telugu: te మక్కా Thai: th มักกะฮ์ Turkish: tr Mekke Ottoman Turkish: ota مكه Mekke, ota مكۀ مكرمه Mekke-i Mükerreme Turkmen: tk Mekge Ukrainian: uk Ме́кка f Urdu: ur مَکَّہ makkah m Uyghur: ug مەككە Uzbek: uz Makka Yakut: sah Мекка Yiddish: yi מעקאַ n Noun en figuratively sometimes _ offensive Any place considered to be a very important place to visit by people with a particular interest. en 1826 w:The Lancet Sketches of the Medical Schools of Scotland https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mhpAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA254 11 254 It was consequently the “Mecca,” the “Delphic Oracle,” the “Vale of Egeria,” to which all studious pilgrims should resort to drink of the pure springs of knowledge; […] en 1935 George Goodchild Death on the Centre Court 5 By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country. en https://archive.org/details/pictorialhistory02taip/ A Pictorial History of the Republic of China: Its Founding and Development II 1981 Taipei Modern China Press 8883106 558 https://archive.org/details/pictorialhistory02taip/page/558/ Tsuhu, or Lake Benevolence, is located in Fuhsing District, Taoyuan County, and formed by waters from the Tahan Creek (river). Its two sections of limpid water are enclosed within emerald green hills. When he was alive, the late President often came here as a place of retreat and meditation. It had been for this reason that his casket was moved here for temporary rest. The place has since become a Mecca for people all over the world to come and pay homage to Modern China's greatest leader. en 1991 The Economist The Economist Newspaper Ltd. On the other side of the Atlantic, stores in Paris's chic Avenue Montaigne, a mecca for Japanese tourists, said that sales to foreigners had fallen sharply. en 1997 John Romano Muscle Meals 14 Living in Venice, California and training at the Mecca of bodybuilding, Gold's Gym, I've seen some of the world's most dedicated and hard-training athletes. en 2014 w:Rick Steves Rick Steves' Europe Through the Back Door 2015: The Travel Skills Handbook Avalon Travel 9781612389547 06IVBQAAQBAJ 705 mecca I say how much I like the shabby lounge atmosphere of a ruin pub, and Laura declares that this one, Szimpla Kert (which means “Simple Garden”), is the mecca of ruin pubs. en Usage notes Generalized use of the name of the city of Mecca is offensive to many Muslims. Alternative forms en mecca Translations important place to visit by people with a particular interest Danish: da mekka n Dutch: nl mekka n Finnish: fi mekka Hindi: hi मक्का m Indonesian: id kiblat Japanese: ja 聖地 せいち, seichi Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr qîble f Polish: pl mekka f Portuguese: pt meca f, pt Meca f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh мека f Latin: sh meka f Spanish: es meca f Swedish: sv mecka n Tamil: ta மையம் en Islam en terms derived from toponyms exonyms Latin Alternative forms la Macech borrowed from grc Μάκεχ Etymology la Mecca :bor ar:مَكَّة + 1 Pronunciation Mecca Proper noun Mecca<1.loc> la post-Classical la Arabic <<city>> in modern <<c/Saudi Arabia>> Mecca Declension Mecca<1.loc> Portuguese Proper noun f pt Meca