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Makkah

Makkah 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.

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Questions about Makkah

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

Words near Makkah in the dictionary

  1. makiwara
  2. makiwaras
  3. Makiyivka
  4. makizushi
  5. Makka
  6. Makkah
  7. Makkasan
  8. makked
  9. Makki
  10. makkin
  11. Makkis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Makkah (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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