mecca

See also: Mecca and meččä

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛkə
  • Homophone: mecha

Noun

mecca (plural meccas)

  1. Alternative form of Mecca.
    1. (figuratively, sometimes offensive); a place to which a group of people (for example shoppers) are drawn.
      • 2024, Patrik Jonsson and Melanie Stetson Freeman, Florida woman kills wild boar with mango. (This is not a meme.), in: The Christian Science Monitor, August 27 2024
        But Seed to Table – which has sprawling spreads of produce, a food court with restaurants and kiosks, and a two-story wine market and tasting room – has become a MAGA mecca, many say, a shrine to former President Donald Trump and Trumpism.

Usage notes

Generalized use of the name of the city of Mecca is offensive to many Muslims.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛk.ka/, /ˈmek.ka/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɛkka, -ekka
  • Hyphenation: mèc‧ca, méc‧ca

Noun

mecca f (invariable)

  1. Mecca (attractive place)

References

  1. ^ mecca in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
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