I. adjective
also mek·ka ˈmekə
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: from Mecca, Saudi Arabia
: of or from Mecca, a capital of Saudi Arabia : of the kind or style prevalent in Mecca
II. noun
( -s )
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: from Mecca, Saudi Arabia, birthplace of Muhammad and holy city of Islam
1. : a place regarded as the center of an activity or interest or as the goal of its practitioners or connoisseurs
a white frame building that is the mecca of trout fishermen from all over the nation — Corey Ford
he was good, good enough to play the Armistice day taps at Arlington, the Mecca of all army buglers — James Jones
London … bookstores spell Mecca for the collector and manna for the reader — David & Marian Greenberg
2. : tuscan brown