Makkah BrE AmE , Mecca
a city in Saudi Arabia where the ↑ prophet Muhammad was born, considered the holiest city of Islam. People who are not Muslims are not allowed to go there, but every Muslim must try to make a ↑ pilgrimage (=religious journey) to Makkah once in their lifetime. ⇨ ↑ haj , ↑ Medina