mecca

See also: Mecca and meččä

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛkə
• Homophone: mecha

Noun

mecca (plural meccas)

1. Alternative form of Mecca.
   1. (figuratively, sometimes offensive); a place to which a group of people (for example shoppers) are drawn.
      • 2024, Patrik Jonsson and Melanie Stetson Freeman, Florida woman kills wild boar with mango. (This is not a meme.), in: The Christian Science Monitor, August 27 2024

        But Seed to Table – which has sprawling spreads of produce, a food court with restaurants and kiosks, and a two-story wine market and tasting room – has become a MAGA mecca, many say, a shrine to former President Donald Trump and Trumpism.

Usage notes

Generalized use of the name of the city of Mecca is offensive to many Muslims.