mecca

Example Sentences

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For decades, Saudi Arabia played an outsize role thanks to its vast oil production and its special status in Islam as home to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Alhaji Zaharaddeen Abubakar is one of those stranded in the northern Nigerian city of Kano after buying plane tickets and securing accommodation in Mecca.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

In 2016, Philadelphia razed another skateboard Mecca, known as Love Park.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

At 21, he moved to California, widely known at the time as “the Mecca of RC,” Drake said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2025

My friends were going to have to go on to Mecca without me.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey