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"New York is a mecca for young artists"nouna place that attracts many visitorstype of:
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nounjoint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia; located in western Saudi Arabia; as the birthplace of Muhammad it is the holiest city of Islampart of:
Definition that contains mecca
- book the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina
- washington the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791
- hajji an Arabic term of respect for someone who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca
- koran the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina
- haji an Arabic term of respect for someone who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca
- hadji an Arabic term of respect for someone who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca
- quran the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina
- hajj the fifth pillar of Islam is a pilgrimage to Mecca during the month of Dhu al-Hijja; at least once in a lifetime a Muslim is expected to make a religious journey to Mecca and the Kaaba
- kaaba (Islam) a black stone building in Mecca that is shaped like a cube and that is the most sacred Muslim pilgrim shrine; believed to have been given by Gabriel to Abraham; Muslims turn in its direction when praying
- salah the second pillar of Islam is prayer; a prescribed liturgy performed five times a day (preferably in a mosque) and oriented toward Mecca