How to Use mecca in a Sentence

mecca

noun
  • The valley is a mecca for wine lovers.
  • The town has become a mecca for tourists.
  • Union has long been a mecca for anyone who wants to stay on the cutting edge of style.
    — Samuel Hine, GQ, 30 May 2018
  • Mack Lewis Gym, which is a huge boxing mecca.
    — Kaicey Baylor, CBS News, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Napa Valley has long been a mecca for wine lovers.
    — Shana Clarke, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 May 2024
  • The Bay Area is a food mecca, with all kinds of niche markets.
    — Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Feb. 2018
  • People have called Atlanta the mecca of hip-hop for years now.
    — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2023
  • Craig doesn’t have roots here, and the city isn’t usually name-checked as a mecca for the genre.
    — Lina Abascal, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Hills and rain Why did the city become such a mecca for tunnels, both large and small?
    — Christine Clarridge, The Seattle Times, 30 May 2018
  • Becoming a tourism mecca was years in the making.
    — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2026
  • This is my annual mecca of art, friends, camping.
    — Andrea Domanick, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Yet over the past six years, WCC has become a mecca of sorts.
    — Will Graves, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 July 2021
  • Robin and Bruce left their bikes at home, even though Utah is known as a mountain-bike mecca.
    — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Dec. 2021
  • Bershka is the mecca of cool-girl sh*t, with trending styles for e-girls, coconut girls, and soft girls alike.
    — Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 20 Jan. 2023
  • The mountain’s 65 sheer peaks are also a mecca for rock climbers and hikers.
    — Smithsonian, 15 June 2018
  • Ho’okipa beach is the windsurfing and wing-foil mecca, drawing talent from around the world.
    — Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Tullman’s new complex will, of course, hardly stand alone in a city that long has been a mecca for magic.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The sign is cemented in the region’s lore as a mystery, a mecca and a reminder of home.
    — Hanh Truong, Sacramento Bee, 2 Jan. 2025
  • The tony new tone to Tasmania doesn’t mean the island is no longer a mecca for outdoorsy types.
    — Mark Ellwood, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Dec. 2019
  • Houston is a mecca for high-calorie delicious meals.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Arizona's Sky Islands are known around the world as a birding mecca.
    — Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic, 1 Apr. 2022
  • The work would do well in Palm Springs, the mecca of all things mid-century modern.
    — R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
  • After all, the Moroccan city is one of the world's great shopping meccas.
    — Elizabeth Cantrell, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The East Valley is home of one of the world’s largest horse industries – a mecca of sorts.
    — Tj Gibson, azcentral, 18 June 2018
  • It’s taken 40 fights for Bud’s star to come to Vegas, the mecca for the sport.
    — Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2023
  • The studio has become a bit of a mecca for riders who don’t live in NYC.
    — Cheryl Wischhover, Vox, 14 Nov. 2018
  • In the last five years, Los Angeles has become a mecca of flour, water and salt.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Nearby Calvert Cliffs State Park is a mecca for fossil hunters.
    — Mary Carole McCauley, baltimoresun.com, 18 May 2021
  • But a recent rule change by HKEX has made the city a mecca for biotech listings.
    — Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
  • Shop windows and the local museum display crafts from this wood-carving mecca.
    — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 8 June 2026

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