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Definitions of mecca in various dictionaries:
noun - joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia
noun - a place that attracts many visitors
A place that is regarded as the center of an activity or interest.
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| Possible Crossword Clues |
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| Hub |
| Center of activity |
| Muslim's destination |
| Big drawer? |
| Hajji's destination |
| Tourist magnet |
| Gathering point |
| Pilgrim's destination |
| Hajj destination |
| Tourist draw |
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| Adult Muslims are required to travel at least once to this city, birthplace of Muhammad |
| Amman,Mecca,Damascus |
| Thousands of pilgrims gather annually in Cairo & Damascus to join caravans to make the hajj to this holy city |
| In 1324 Mali's ruler Mansa Musa made a 4,000-mile pilgrimage to this city, taking a reported 12,000 slaves |
| In 930 A.D. Karmathian Muslim rebels stormed & destroyed this holy city, carrying off the sacred black stone |
| Explorer Sir Richard Burton disguised himself as an Afghani to make a pilgrimage to this city & sketch its Kaaba |
| In 622 Muhammad fled this city; in 630 he came back with 10,000 followers & captured it |
| The result of a 624-630 war allowed Muhammad to establish this as the holy city of Islam |
| The miraculous revelation of the Koran began in a cave on Mt. Hira near this holy city |
| This site of the Great Mosque & the Kaaba was the capital of the kingdom of Hejaz |
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| a place that attracts many visitors |
| joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia located in western Saudi Arabia as the birthplace of Muhammad it is the holiest city of Islam |
| A place that is regarded as the center of an activity or interest. |
| A goal to which adherents of a religious faith or practice fervently aspire. |
| A place visited by many people: a mecca for tourists. |
| the holy city of Islam in Saudi Arabia |
| a place to which many people are attracted: |
| Mecca description |
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Mecca (; Arabic: Makkah (Hejazi pronunciation: [maka,mäkä]) is a city in the Hejazi region of the Arabian Peninsula, and the plain of Tihamah in Saudi Arabia, and is also the capital and administrative headquarters of the Makkah Region. The city is located 70 km (43 mi) inland from Jeddah in a narrow valley at a height of 277 m (909 ft) above sea level, and 340 kilometres (210 mi) south of Medina. Its resident population in 2012 was roughly 2 million, although visitors more than triple this number every year during the ajj (Arabic: , "Pilgrimage") period held in the twelfth Muslim lunar month of Dhl-ijjah (Arabic: ). * As the birthplace of Muhammad, and the site of Muhammad's first revelation of the Quran (specifically, a cave 3 km (2 mi) from Mecca), Mecca is regarded as the holiest city in the religion of Islam and a pilgrimage to it known as the Hajj is obligatory for all able Muslims. Mecca is home to the Kaaba, by majority description Islam's holiest site, as well as being the dir |