"Meccan" meaning in English

See Meccan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From Mecca + -an. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Mecca|an}} Mecca + -an Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Meccan (not comparable)
  1. Of, or from, Mecca Tags: not-comparable Translations (Of or from Mecca): مَكِّيّ (makkiyy) (Arabic), Mekkaans (Dutch), mecquois [masculine] (French), mecquoise [feminine] (French), मक्की (makkī) (Hindi), मक्कन (makkan) (Hindi)
    Sense id: en-Meccan-en-adj-v1IZ~hfd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51

Noun

Forms: Meccans [plural]
Etymology: From Mecca + -an. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Mecca|an}} Mecca + -an Head templates: {{en-noun}} Meccan (plural Meccans)
  1. Someone from Mecca. Synonyms: Meccawee [obsolete]
    Sense id: en-Meccan-en-noun-QRew2Ojk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -an, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Demonyms, Saudi Arabia Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -an: 38 62 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Demonyms: 18 82 Disambiguation of Saudi Arabia: 38 62

Inflected forms

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