Mecca
['mekə]
Definition
(noun.) a place that attracts many visitors; 'New York is a mecca for young artists'.
(noun.) joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia; located in western Saudi Arabia; as the birthplace of Muhammad it is the holiest city of Islam.
Typed by Leigh--From WordNet
Examples
- Upon the main caravan routes the chief towns rose to a certain second-rate prosperity, and foremost among them were Medina and Mecca. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was inevitable that Mecca and Medina should be in a state of rivalry and bickering feud. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Moor who has made a pilgrimage to Mecca is entitled to high distinction. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Medina and Mecca were now only of importance as pilgrimage centres, to which the faithful turned to pray. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The lordship of Mecca was well worth the concession. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- These things were latent in the mind and conscience of Mecca and Medina; he did but call them forth. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Until he was forty he did indeed live a particularly undistinguished life in Mecca, as the husband of a prosperous wife. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Mecca was not merely nor primarily a trading centre; it was a place of pilgrimage. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Hundreds of Moors come to Tangier every year and embark for Mecca. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- His claims formed an undertow to the resentment of Medina and of the rival families of Mecca against the advancement of the Omayyads. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Never again after this quaint failure did Mecca make an effective rally against Muhammad, and one by one its leading men came over to his side. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But Mecca resolved to avenge Badr, and at the battle of Uhud, near Medina, inflicted an indecisive defeat upon the Prophet's followers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It is one of the four holy cities of the Israelites, and is to them what Mecca is to the Mohammedan and Jerusalem to the Christian. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- A year before his death, at the end of the tenth year of the Hegira, Muhammad made his last pilgrimage from Medina to Mecca. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was in Mecca about the year A.D. 570 that Muhammad, the founder of Islam, was born. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typist: Xavier