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Bakkah

Bakkah is the alternative form of Mecca.

Meaning of Mecca

Proper noun

Mecca

  1. (proscribed, sometimes) A province of Saudi Arabia.
  2. (proscribed, sometimes) A large city, the provincial capital of Mecca Province in the in the Hejaz region, Saudi Arabia, the holiest place in Islam, location of the sacred Ka'ba, and to which Muslims are required to make a hajj at least once in their lifetime, if possible.
  3. A census-designated place in Riverside County, California.
  4. A town in Wabash Township, Parke County, Indiana.
  5. An unincorporated community in Clinton County, Missouri.
  6. A township and unincorporated community in Trumbull County, Ohio.

See all 10 meanings of mecca

Origin of Bakkah

Transliteration of Arabic بَكَّة (bakka), the ancient name of the city of مَكَّة (makka).

Questions about Bakkah

What is Bakkah the alternative form of?
Bakkah is the alternative form of Mecca.

Words near Bakkah in the dictionary

  1. baking-trays
  2. bakingly
  3. bakings
  4. bakingware
  5. Bakis
  6. Bakkah
  7. bakkal
  8. bakkals
  9. Bakke
  10. Bakken
  11. Bakkens

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Bakkah (page history and authors); Mecca (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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