"mecca" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: meccas [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛkə Head templates: {{en-noun}} mecca (plural meccas)
  1. Alternative form of Mecca; a place to which a group of people (for example shoppers) are drawn. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: Mecca (extra: a place to which a group of people (for example shoppers) are drawn)
    Sense id: en-mecca-en-noun-1SZVvdOK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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