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mecca

 noun
     
Related topics: Tourism
mec‧ca [singular]
1DLT a place that many people want to visit for a particular reason [= magnet]
mecca for
Florence is a mecca for students of Art History.
2

Mecca

RRI a city in Saudi Arabia which is the holiest city of Islam
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