Arabic Makkah, sacred city of Islam, birthplace of Muhammad, which every Muslim must visit at least once. Origins have been proposed in Phoenician maqaq "ruined" or Arabic mahrab "sanctuary." Figurative sense of "any place one holds supremely sacred" (usually with lower-case m-) is in English from 1850. Related: Meccan.
例文
1. Thailand has become the tourist mecca of Asia.
タイはアジアの観光地となっている。
2.The coast is a mecca for tourists.
沿海一帯は観光の人気スポットです。
3.Muslim pilgrims on their way to Mecca
メッカに向かうムスリム巡礼者
4.He was on his annual pilgrimage to Mecca when he fell ill.