"メッカ" meaning in Japanese

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Mekka",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "proper"
      },
      "expansion": "メッカ • (Mekka)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Cities in Saudi Arabia",
          "orig": "ja:Cities in Saudi Arabia",
          "parents": [
            "Cities",
            "Places",
            "Polities",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Places in Saudi Arabia",
          "orig": "ja:Places in Saudi Arabia",
          "parents": [
            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "74 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "81 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese katakana",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "74 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "75 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Mecca (a city in Saudi Arabia)"
      ],
      "id": "en-メッカ-ja-name-v6ljgTlG",
      "links": [
        [
          "Mecca",
          "Mecca#English"
        ],
        [
          "Saudi Arabia",
          "Saudi Arabia#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[me̞k̚ka̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "メッカ"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mekka",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "メッカ • (mekka)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the Mecca of jazz",
          "roman": "jazu no Mekka",
          "text": "ジャズのメッカ",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mecca (important place to visit by people with a particular interest)"
      ],
      "id": "en-メッカ-ja-noun-4k2tq72P",
      "links": [
        [
          "mecca",
          "mecca"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) mecca (important place to visit by people with a particular interest)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "seichi",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "聖",
              "せい"
            ],
            [
              "地",
              "ち"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "聖地"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[me̞k̚ka̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "メッカ"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese katakana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese proper nouns",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Mekka",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "proper"
      },
      "expansion": "メッカ • (Mekka)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "ja:Cities in Saudi Arabia",
        "ja:Places in Saudi Arabia"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Mecca (a city in Saudi Arabia)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Mecca",
          "Mecca#English"
        ],
        [
          "Saudi Arabia",
          "Saudi Arabia#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[me̞k̚ka̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "メッカ"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese katakana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese proper nouns",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mekka",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "メッカ • (mekka)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the Mecca of jazz",
          "roman": "jazu no Mekka",
          "text": "ジャズのメッカ",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mecca (important place to visit by people with a particular interest)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mecca",
          "mecca"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) mecca (important place to visit by people with a particular interest)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[me̞k̚ka̠]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "seichi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "聖",
          "せい"
        ],
        [
          "地",
          "ち"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "聖地"
    }
  ],
  "word": "メッカ"
}