mecca

Other forms of mecca

plural

meccas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about mecca

What does mecca mean?

mecca means "joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia; located in western Saudi Arabia; as the birthplace of Muhammad it is the holiest city of Islam". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mecca?

mecca has 2 syllables: mec-ca. The stress falls on "mec". In IPA it is /ˈmɛkə/.

Is mecca a common word?

mecca is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.